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42 days ago
There were 277,970 terminations in 2023 - up 11 per cent from 251,377 in 2022, figures published by the Department of Health show.
52 days ago
Wyoming supreme court strikes down near-total abortion bans ⊖
Justices rule 4-1 that laws, including a ban on abortion pills, violate a state amendment protecting healthcare choices
Abortion will stay legal in Wyoming after the state’s supreme court struck down …
57 days ago
Abortion may no longer be a top priority for Democratic voters ahead of 2026 midterms, polls show ⊕
Abortion was seen as one of Democrats’ strongest issues in the 2024 election – new polls indicate that may be shifting
Up to seven states will vote on abortion rights this year. But recent polling in…
80 days ago
Head of Altai Republic Demands Last Abortion Clinic Give Up License ⊖
Abortion is not officially banned in Russia, but Altai is among more than two dozen Russian regions where new laws ban the “coercion” of pregnant women into terminating a pregnancy.
3 months ago
Abortion pill makers brace for restrictions a year after Trump's election ○
Abortion medication access, like mifepristone, is unchanged under Trump, but FDA reviews, lawsuits and state enforcement are creating risks for drugmakers.
5 months ago
When I left India, Ireland welcomed me in. I won’t let bigotry destroy the country we love | Cauvery Madhavan ○
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People from the Indian community, and others, are facing violence that was once unthinkable. We must not give in to the racists
I grew up twice. The first time in India, where I was born, and the seco…
6 months ago
Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says ○
Stigma around mifepristone is stopping studies, experts in reproductive health claim in Lancet opinion piece
A drug used in medical abortions could help prevent women at high risk of breast cancer fro…
7 months ago
Goethe immortalised the shaming of German women 200 years ago – we’re still at it | Fatma Aydemir ○
Abortion is criminalised and stigmatised – and now the right has found a new female scapegoat in its US-style war on bodily autonomy
Every nation has literary classics that shape its cultural identity…
Abortion rates reach record high, with experts blaming cost of living crisis forcing women to terminate pregnancies ○
The percentage of conceptions ending in a legal abortion in England and Wales rose to a record amount in 2022 with just over 40 per cent of pregnancies ending in termination in some areas.
Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's 1849 near-total abortion ban ○
Abortion providers in the state resumed the procedure in 2023 after a judge ruled that the 176-year-old ban was superseded by a more recent law.