Law No. 38 in Iceland was approved, making abortion legal.
Iceland was the first western country to legalize abortion.
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Transgender people were no longer allowed to use public toilets after Obama's rule was rebuked by Donald Trump.
The first International Women's Day was celebrated.
The French parliament passed a law that fully separated all activities of the church and the state.
Paris barred women from legally wearing pants.
The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster, stated their most searched word of the year was 'Feminism.'
