The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

2024 European elections: Women's groups brace for a lurch to the right

With EU elections now just around the corner, women's rights groups are anxiously waiting to see if pollsters have been correct to predict a surge in support for the far right. At a country level, parties associated with the far-right groups in the European Parliament have a long history of…

France 24 · May 31, 2024

Texas Republicans open to death penalty for abortion providers

GOP convention votes on wide-ranging platform including striking law protecting abortion providers from being charged with murder

The Guardian - US · May 30, 2024

Florida's DeSantis signs bill allowing parents to give up their babies up to 30 days

The previous "safe haven" law allowed parents to do so up to seven days

Latin Times · May 30, 2024

Man charged after ‘secretly giving his girlfriend an abortion drug and telling her it was an iron pill’

Massachusetts man is charged with attempted poisoning, among other charges, after tricking his pregnant girlfriend into taking misprostol

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

Louisiana’s move to criminalize abortion pills is cruel and medically senseless

Louisiana, with one of the US’s worst maternal mortality rates, wants to make abortion medication a ‘controlled substance’

The Guardian - US · May 29, 2024

Planned Parenthood asks judge to expand health exception to Indiana abortion ban

Abortion providers are asking a judge to expand the health exception to Indiana's abortion ban

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

Despite pressure, Amarillo City Council punts on abortion travel ban petition

Supporters of the petition may ultimately seek a vote of Amarillo residents later this fall.

The Texas Tribune · May 29, 2024

Tories concede defeat in bid to bring 'loopholes' into buffer zone legislation

TORY MSPs have been forced to concede defeat in their efforts to bring several “loopholes” into buffer zone legislation.

The National (Scotland) · May 28, 2024

Reject Tory bids to put 'loopholes' in protest buffer zone bill, MSPs urged

SCOTTISH Green MSP Gillian Mackay has said she will oppose all amendments that could weaken her Member’s Bill for Safe Access Zones ...

The National (Scotland) · May 28, 2024

Abortion restrictions in Arizona are not proving to be a winning issue for Biden so far

A report by NBC News shows that many are not fully convinced about voting for the incumbent despite his focus on the issue

Latin Times · May 27, 2024