Abortion: Timeline

1935   Iceland Iceland

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 becomes the first country to legalize abortion on medical grounds

1967   An abortion bill passes in the British United Kingdom

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 Parliament.

1978   Abortion legalized in Italy Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic , is a Southern European [i] country. ... 

 for first time.

1988   Abortion: 48 hours after announcing it was abandoning RU-486, French France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ... 

 manufacturer Roussel Uclaf states that it would resume distribution of the drug, bowing to pressure from the government of France France

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.

1992   Medical doctor Pravin Thakkar is sentenced to 16 years for aborting Abortion

An abortion is the removal or expulsion of an embryo [i] or fetus [i] from the uterus [i], resulting in,... 

 the fetuses of 2 of his former lovers without their permission.

1995   The U.S. House of Representatives votes to ban "partial birth" abortions by a vote of 288-139.

1998   United States United States

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 authorities announce that Eric Rudolph is a suspect in an Alabama Alabama

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 abortion clinic bombing.