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Decriminalising abortion: how could the House of Lords amend the legislation?

After MPs voted last year to change the law in England and Wales, members of the Lords will now put forward proposed amendments

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

Vulnerable women in England still being arrested over suspected illegal abortions

Nottinghamshire and Met police made arrests in past year, despite MPs voting to decriminalise in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Mar 15

Wyoming’s new six-week abortion ban prompts lawsuit

Bill faces constitutional hurdles as previous abortion bans were struck down by state supreme court in January

The Guardian - US · Mar 15

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Trump Ally Bill Bennett Under Renewed Scrutiny Over Remarks That Black Abortions Would Lower Crime Rate

Controversy surrounds William J. Bennett's 2005 race and crime remarks, his Trump-era ties, and role as a foreign agent for Qatar, raising questions about his influence in US politics.

International Business Times UK · Mar 11

Trump’s new abortion policy ‘threatens UN protections for women and LGBT+ rights’

‘This could compound the global regression on gender equality that we have seen accelerate in the last year’

The Independent UK · Mar 11

Gwen Stefani Addresses Her Christian Pivot After Promoting Controversial Anti-Abortion App

Critics pointed to a prayer asking God to guide women considering abortion, including pregnancies from non-consensual acts.

Bored Panda · Mar 10

Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10

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Pop star Zara Larsson unleashes controversy after making an abortion joke on a fan’s TikTok post

It started as a joke that some consider distasteful and has grown into something larger.

We Got This Covered · Mar 9

Wyoming governor signs ban on abortions after about 6 weeks but cites misgivings

Wyoming's governor on Monday signed a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected in the embryo

The Independent UK · Mar 9

Women in Ghana can access safe abortions: why are so many still using unsafe methods?

Ghana’s abortion law is relatively liberal. Abortion is legally permitted in the first trimester when a pregnancy endangers the mother’s life or physical or mental health, or when it is due to rape or incest. Thus, medication abortion has become more widely available.

The Conversation · Mar 5

Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say

Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

The Guardian - US · Mar 1

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms

As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

Salon · Mar 1

My Voice, My Choice citizens' initiative hails 'historic' EU decision on accessible abortion

The EU announced a social fund can be used for cross-border abortion access, drawing mixed reactions from politicians. Nonetheless, the move marks an unusual step taken by the European Union, as healthcare policy is typically determined at a national level.

Euronews · Feb 28

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 26

EU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc

Women from countries with near-total bans on terminations will be given help to access services elsewhere

Euronews · Feb 26

European Commission says EU funds can be used for cross-border abortion access

The decision comes in reaction to a campaign launched by the citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice", which raised 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 EU member states asking for improved access to safe abortions in Europe.

Euronews · Feb 25

Left-wing MEPs push European Commission to finance abortions across borders

Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested.

The Conversation · Feb 25

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion

Representational government rests on a simple idea: that the laws the nation lives under generally reflect what the public wants. In the United States, few issues test that idea more than abortion.

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The Independent UK · Feb 23

Tennessee Republicans propose bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have an abortion

House Bill 570 allows for death penalty to be imposed on women who have abortions, as well as charging women ‘involved in the homicide of her own unborn child’

International Business Times UK · Feb 23

Tennessee Republicans Seeks Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions— 'Homicide of Unborn Child'

Tennessee considers a bill that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions, sparking widespread debate and outrage across the state.

The Independent UK · Feb 21

Underage pregnant migrants are being detained and moved to a Texas shelter where abortion is illegal

Children as young as 13 are ‘trapped’ in a state with no access to abortion, lawyers and advocates say

The Independent UK · Feb 21

What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families

As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy

The Independent UK · Feb 20

Kash Patel’s girlfriend picked to sing National Anthem before Pete Hegseth’s anti-abortion address

‘We are not ‘In woke we trust,’ we are ‘In God we trust,’’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during the event

The Texas Tribune · Feb 19

Texas House candidates in South Texas face allegations of lying about their party affiliation

Republicans hope to flip the Rio Grande Valley state House seat, long held by Democrats.

Capital & Main · Feb 19

Cuts Aimed at Abortion Are Hitting Basic Care

Emergency state support for Planned Parenthood can’t fully offset lost Medicaid dollars, and patients are paying the price.

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