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Government loses Dail vote on People Before Profit abortion bill

The Government lost the vote on People Before Profit's Bill after the coalition parties told its TDs it could have a free vote on the matter.

Irish Mirror

Woman who fell pregnant due to sexual assault was 'actively obstructed' from getting an abortion

Some 40 per cent of doctors offering abortions have not registered with the HSE MyOptions service, which offers advice or tells people how they can obtain care

Irish Mirror

Dobbs decision now a factor in med school residency picks - Roll Call

Data shows abortion ruling may play a role in medical school residency decisions, could drive some away from becoming OB-GYNs.

Roll Call

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Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in rare cross-party move

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo signed a bill into law enshrining existing protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state providers on Tuesday, marking a rare occurrence of a Republican governor approving measures that are part of Democrats’ vow to make the western swing state an abortion safe haven

The Independent UK

ACLU sues Nebraska over combined law targeting abortion and gender-affirming care: ‘Egregious overreach’

The state’s constitution states that ‘no bill shall contain more than one subject’

The Independent UK

Australian women's access to abortion is a postcode lottery. Here's what needs to change

When the American legal precedent protecting women’s right to an abortion in the United States, Roe versus Wade, was overturned last year, women around the world felt anxious.

The Conversation

Abortions up by a fifth in last year with most in poorest areas

The number of abortions recorded in Scotland rose by almost a fifth last year, new figures have shown.

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Why rural abortion battlegrounds matter

Extreme variations in abortion policy from state to state are the new normal. Local challenges matter immensely

Salon

In first session after Dobbs ruling, Texas lawmakers provide more support for pregnant and parenting college students

Now that Texas has a near-total ban on abortion, lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle are trying to make sure colleges are serving students who are pregnant or have children.

The Texas Tribune

Paxton impeachment exposes GOP fissures

Nowhere is the GOP chasm more apparent than the fight over Paxton’s future

Salon

‘Extortionate’ childcare costs pushing women to have abortions as terminations rise to record levels

Exclusive: Six in 10 women who have had an abortion said the cost of childcare put them off pregnancy

The Independent UK

Texas Legislature passes bill to offer new moms a year of Medicaid coverage

The Texas House and Senate voted for the proposal, capping a yearslong effort to extend coverage for low-income moms. Medicaid covers half of all births in Texas, and coverage currently expires after two months.

The Texas Tribune

A judge halts South Carolina's new abortion law pending state Supreme Court review

A judge put South Carolina's new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy on hold until the state Supreme Court can review the measure.

WEKU

Doctor's supporters, hospital at odds with Indiana penalty for talking about 10-year-old's abortion

Supporters of an Indianapolis doctor have voiced frustration with the Indiana medical board’s decision that she violated patient privacy laws when she talked with a newspaper reporter about providing an abortion last summer to a 10-year-old Ohio rape victim

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Kermit Gosnell butchered women and babies for decades. The anti-abortion movement weaponised his horrors

Behind the doors of Kermit Gosnell’s ‘house of horrors’ clinic were countless vulnerable women with nowhere else to turn. But when his crimes were finally exposed, their stories became lost in the anti-abortion movement. Rachel Sharp reports

Axios

Judge temporarily blocks South Carolina's 6-week abortion ban

The South Carolina Supreme Court in January said that a similar six-week ban violated the state's constitution.

The Independent UK

South Carolina judge halts six-week abortion ban as state Supreme Court set to review new law

The state’s Supreme Court blocked a similar measure just months ago

The Independent UK

Doctor who provided abortion care to 10-year-old rape survivor reprimanded in case that drew national scrutiny

Dr Caitlin Bernard was subject to political attacks in a closely watched case after the end of Roe v Wade

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The Independent UK

Judge halts South Carolina’s new stricter abortion law until state Supreme Court review

A judge has put a temporary halt to South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy until the state Supreme Court can review the measure

Al Jazeera

US doctor reprimanded, fined for talking about child’s abortion

There are no restrictions on Dr Caitlin Bernard’s medical licence after hearing that reflected US divisions on abortion.

The Week

Repeal the Eighth: how have abortion services changed in Ireland five years on?

Five years ago this week, Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to its constitution, which banned abortion except in cases of “real and substantial risk” to the woman’s life.

The Guardian - US

Indiana abortion doctor who spoke out about child rape victim can keep license

Medical board rules Dr Caitlin Bernard can continue practicing after discussing case of 10-year-old who travelled for abortion

Daily Mirror

Moment doctor breaks down as she's punished after performing abortion on rape victim, 10

Dr Caitlin Bernard has been fined $3,000 after giving abortion medication to a 10-year-old rape victim and speaking to a newspaper journalist about the harrowing case

WEKU

Indiana reprimands doctor who spoke publicly about providing 10-year-old's abortion

Caitlin Bernard, an Indiana OB-GYN, has been under scrutiny from her state's Republican attorney general since speaking out about the impact of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Chicago Sun-Times

Indiana doctor’s discipline hearing centers on privacy, reporting of Ohio 10-year-old’s abortion

Dr. Caitlin Bernard is being investigated after she performed an abortion last year on a 10-year-old girl from Ohio and shared information with a newspaper reporter.

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