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New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs

Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion access

The Guardian - US · Jun 19, 2025

Popular period-tracking apps can hold years of personal data – new NZ research finds mixed awareness of risk

Period-tracking apps are popular digital tools for a range of menstrual, reproductive and general health purposes. But the way these apps collect and use data involves risk.

The Conversation · Jun 19, 2025

Legislation to decriminalise abortion for women clears the Commons

MPs voted 312 to 95, majority 217 to approve the Crime and Policing Bill at third reading on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

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How Long Was Adriana Smith on Life Support? Brain‑Dead Nurse's Baby Delivered by C‑Section

Adriana Smith, a brain-dead Georgia nurse, was kept on life support for nearly four months to save her unborn baby. Here's what we know about her case and the delivery.

International Business Times UK · Jun 18, 2025

No 10 says abortion law change must be ‘safe and workable’

The Government will consider whether further changes are needed after MPs backed decriminalising women who terminate their pregnancy.

Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025

UK Abortion Law Uproar: MPs' Move to Decriminalise Terminations Sparks Fears of Infanticide

A new UK law allows women to abort at any stage without prosecution, sparking cries of 'prenatal infanticide'. Is this women's rights or a moral overstep?

International Business Times UK · Jun 18, 2025

Voices: No woman should go to jail for ending a pregnancy – but the abortion law reforms don’t go far enough

COMMENT: This vote to decriminalise abortion was historic and long overdue, says barrister Charlotte Proudman – but if we stop here, we leave millions of women at risk

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

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Abortion remains a criminal offence in the UK because of the left’s timidity. We must learn from that – and fast

Tuesday’s vote in parliament was a missed opportunity – and proof that progressives are allowing the right to shape the key debates, says Labour MP Stella Creasy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 18, 2025

British lawmakers vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

Amendment to the crime and policing bill means women who terminate their pregnancies after 24 weeks will no longer be prosecuted.

Euronews · Jun 18, 2025

Ohio Republicans to introduce bill that would treat abortion as homicide and ban all procedures in the state

Ohio residents voted to enshrine abortion access in the state constitution two years ago

The Independent UK · Jun 18, 2025

UK votes to decriminalise abortion after prosecutions of some women

The amendment comes after police investigated more than 100 women, including some who had natural miscarriages.

Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2025

Abortion decriminalised in the UK after historic vote

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The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in biggest change to reproductive rights in decades

Move opposed by senior politicians including the justice secretary Shabana Mahmood, who branded it ‘extreme’

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

MPs vote in favour of measures to decriminalise abortion for women

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi’s amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was supported, with MPs voting 379 to 137, majority 242.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

Decriminalising abortion is a major step toward giving women full control over their bodies

NEWS ANALYSIS: Kate Devlin examines what the historic vote means for women in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

Calls for abortion law change grew louder as number of prosecutions rose

While parliament was moving towards more liberal abortion laws more women were being arrested or investigated

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17, 2025

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights

Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

‘Cruel’ criminalisation of women over abortion must end, says MP ahead of vote

Tonia Antoniazzi said her proposed ‘narrow, targeted’ measure does not change the rules under the 1967 Abortion Act.

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The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

Brain-dead mom forced to be kept alive because of Georgia’s anti-abortion laws gives birth via C-section

Adriana Smith, a 31-year-old brain-dead Atlanta woman, gave birth on June 13 and will be removed from life support on Tuesday under Georgia abortion laws, her family says.

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

US abortion clinics are closing even in states where abortion is legal. More cuts could be coming

Three years after the fall of Roe v. Wade, the funding system for abortions is battered

The National (Scotland) · Jun 17, 2025

MPs put forward proposals to decriminalise abortion in England

PROPOSALS to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales have been put forward

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

MPs vote to decriminalise abortion – what is the law and how will it change?

MPs argued in the debate that the UK's abortion law had been ‘increasingly used against vulnerable women and girls’

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

UK lawmakers consider decriminalizing abortion amid concern about increasing prosecution of women

British lawmakers are preparing to debate proposals to decriminalize abortion amid concerns that police are using antiquated laws to prosecute women who end their own pregnancies

Al Jazeera · Jun 17, 2025

How US senator falsely claimed Minnesota shooting suspect was ‘Marxist’

Vance Boelter targeted Democrats, leaning politically right, with no Marxist ties as suggested by the evidence.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025

Justice Secretary tells of opposition to ‘dangerous’ abortion decriminalisation

MPs are expected to debate and vote on amendments as part of the wider Crime and Policing Bill.

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