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‘Unborn babies are now treated as human beings’: Puerto Rico signs historic law recognising the fetus

Puerto Rico's governor signed a law recognizing unborn children as human beings in criminal cases, aiming to punish violence against pregnant women. While officials insist it doesn't ban abortion, critics fear this legal shift could undermine reproductive rights and medical autonomy, sparking widespread debate and unease among medical professionals.

The Times of India

One Of My Favorite Rom-Coms Is On Netflix, But It Might Be Too Dark For Some People

Jenny Slate's 2014 rom-com is still worth a watch in 2026.

Cinemablend

Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals

A figure commonly used to compare the risk of death from pregnancy compared with the risk of death from abortion might be based on outdated data, a new study suggests.

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Rebel Queensland LNP MP urges colleagues to ‘put on the full armour of God’ and speak against abortion

Nigel Dalton says he sought to redeem himself ‘in the eyes of God’ by crossing the floor in an attempt to overturn the LNP’s abortion debate gag order

The Guardian - AU

Federal Court Recognizes Constitutional Right to Abortion to Prevent Serious Harm to Woman's Health

The court also draws an interesting analogy to self-defense rights.

Reason

Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to Texas shelter criticized as medically inadequate

Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.

The Texas Tribune

A Viral Story Claims an ICE Worker Was Caught in a Child Sex Trafficking Sting. The Truth Is Much Stranger.

The way people are misconstruing this prostitution sting mirrors the way ICE tries to mislead us about deportation stings.

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Abortion laws, gun control and the rise (again) of One Nation: is Queensland’s LNP fraying at the seams?

David Crisafulli’s government is a triumph of pragmatism over purpose, but cracks have appeared that could have consequences beyond the state border

The Guardian - AU

Las Vegas woman says her healthy baby survived abortion after doctors twice told her it was ‘non-viable,’ lawsuit claims

Stacy Norris says that she had a ‘maternal instinct’ that told her to get a second opinion on whether or not her baby was alive

The Independent UK

Authorities seek to remove from social media image of foetus being circulated by Australian anti-abortion activists

Photograph, first published by anti-abortion campaigner Joanna Howe, purportedly taken at Townsville hospital

The Guardian - AU

After years of silence, Texas Medical Board issues training on how to legally provide abortions

The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say pregnancy complications are impossible to capture in a brief presentation.

The Texas Tribune

Federal and state authorities are taking a 2-pronged approach to make it harder to get an abortion

Anti-abortion conservatives have long sought to force Planned Parenthood’s clinics to close their doors and to make it harder, if not impossible, to get abortion pills as part of a two-pronged approach to limit access to abortion.

The Conversation

Townsville hospital investigates after South Australian anti-abortion activist posts image of aborted foetus

Joanna Howe claims a ‘whistleblower’ sent her the image, which was taken inside the hospital’s room for grieving parents

The Guardian - AU

Texas man sues California doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to state

Suit is the first under new law allowing residents to sue providers protected in their states under ‘shield laws’

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Ken Paxton suing California doctor in second lawsuit citing Texas abortion pill law

Paxton's suit follows another by a Galveston County man against the same doctor. Both cite House Bill 7, passed in September, that allows lawsuits over abortion pill access.

The Guardian - UK

Diane Munday obituary

Pioneering abortion campaigner whose beliefs were underpinned by humanism

The Independent UK

Planned Parenthood drops lawsuit against Trump administration's Medicaid cuts

Planned Parenthood has dropped its legal challenge against the Trump administration's decision to cut off Medicaid funding to its abortion providers

The Guardian - US

These states voted to protect abortion rights. Conservative lawmakers are not standing down

A trial in Missouri illustrates how hard it is to restore abortion rights, even when voters demand it

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The Independent UK

What to know about the federal charges in the protest at a Minnesota church service

Seven people associated with a protest that interrupted a worship service at a Minnesota church have been charged with violating two different federal laws that are designed to prevent disruptions to Americans' rights

Evening Standard

Woman denies interfering with provision of abortion services

Isabel Vaughan-Spruce was charged by West Midlands Police in December for ‘silently praying in a buffer zone’, it is claimed.

Marie Claire

How America’s Abortion Wars Are Creeping Into British Women’s Healthcare

American anti-abortion money, messaging and legal tactics are crossing the Atlantic — putting UK women’s healthcare and bodily autonomy at risk.

The Guardian - US

‘I was violated and put in extreme danger’: women denied abortions sue over Arkansas ban

Suit filed by Amplify Legal says laws violate constitutional right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

The Texas Tribune

AG Ken Paxton sues another out-of-state provider accused of illegally sending abortion-inducing pills to Texans

In 2024, Texas also sued a New York provider accused of prescribing abortion pills, but her state’s law has shielded her from prosecution.

The Guardian - US

Texas sues Delaware nurse practitioner accused of mailing abortion pills across state lines

Suit against Debra Lynch is latest from Texas’s Republican attorney general amid ongoing attacks on abortion pills

The Guardian - US

Fight over US healthcare subsidies stuck on familiar snag: abortion

Republicans refuse to advance without more restrictions on abortion coverage – Democrats say that’s a nonstarter

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