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From Base to Summit: Abortion Law Reform in Nepal
- Category: Women in Action 2008-1
- Author: Melissa Upreti
- Year: 2008
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Once notoriously known for having one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, Nepal has now become one of the most liberal in handling the issue of abortion. Given the decades of subjecting women with unwanted pregnancies into the harshest conditions, the legal reform on abortion constitutes one of the most important footholds for Nepalese women in the post-democracy era.