These Tennessee lawmakers love the unborn. After birth? Not so much A bill in the US state would allow public schools to deny undocumented children the chance to enroll The Guardian - US · Apr 12, 2025
Strict Idaho abortion ban loosened by judge's ruling on medical exemptions A judge has ruled than an abortion in Idaho is not prohibited if pregnancy complications could cause a woman's death The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2025
Texas Republican lawmakers unwilling to change abortion laws to address doomed pregnancies For the first time since Texas outlawed nearly all abortions, lawmakers are clarifying the “life of mother” exception. But they don’t plan to address cases where the fetus won’t survive. The Texas Tribune · Apr 11, 2025
States advance fetal rights measures that critics warn will pave a path for outlawing abortions A new Kansas law and a bill advancing in Florida enact policies backed by abortion opponents that critics see as moves toward giving embryos and fetuses the same rights as the women carrying them The Independent UK · Apr 10, 2025
Brickbat: Unfree Speech Zone In England, anti-abortion activist Livia Tossici-Bolt has been found guilty of breaking a law banning protests near an abortion clinic… The post Brickbat: Unfree Speech Zone appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Apr 10, 2025
‘We are failing’: doctors and students in the US look to Mexico for basic abortion training Since Roe v Wade was overturned, a growing number of would-be abortion providers have begun to leave the country in search of an education as training in the US dwindles The Guardian - US · Apr 9, 2025
TribCast: Covering Texas’ new abortion fights TribCast digs into clarifying bills, crackdowns on pills, lawsuits, arrests and everything else abortion-related. The Texas Tribune · Apr 8, 2025
Bipartisan support for Texas bill clarifying when doctors can perform an abortion shows early cracks While Democrats and abortion access advocates pushed to ensure pregnant women aren’t criminalized, some conservatives questioned whether this bill is needed. The Texas Tribune · Apr 7, 2025
JD Vance may disagree, but this anti-abortion activist isn’t a brutally censored dissident The US vice-president’s avid concern for Livia Tossici-Bolt’s conviction is plain sinister The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2025
“Pure Evil”: Pro-Life Activist Left Bloody After Vile Attack During Abortion Street Interview "She decked me right in the face absolutely out of nowhere." Bored Panda · Apr 5, 2025
UK woman says she was not at abortion clinic ‘to express views’ after conviction Livia Tossici-Bolt says she was ‘disappointed’ to be convicted of breaching Bournemouth clinic buffer zone The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025
Convicted anti-abortion campaigner ‘inviting consensual conversation’ Livia Tossici-Bolt told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme she was ‘not there to make any woman unhappy’. Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2025
The Christian right has set the US on the road to Gilead. Without a fight, other nations may follow Women’s rights – especially abortion – are truly at risk, says writer and broadcaster Deborah Frances-White The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2025
Texas sues San Antonio over abortion funding Attorney General Ken Paxton previously sued the City of Austin for helping residents travel out-of-state for abortions. The Texas Tribune · Apr 4, 2025
Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025 US department ‘disappointed’ by UK court’s conviction of anti-abortion activist Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty at Poole Magistrates’ Court of two charges of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order.
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Doctor who was found guilty of breaching abortion buffer zone responds to conviction A woman found guilty of breaching an abortion clinic buffer zone has claimed freedom of expression in the UK is in a "state of crisis."
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Anti-abortion campaigner sentenced for breaching clinic ‘buffer zone’ Livia Tossici-Bolt claims conviction is a ‘dark day for Great Britain’.
Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025 Anti-abortion campaigner sentenced for breaching ‘buffer zone’ in case 'monitored' by Donald Trump officials Livia Tossici-Bolt was ordered to pay £20,000 towards court costs and a £26 victim surcharge
Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025 Woman given conditional discharge for breaching abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ Livia Tossici-Bolt’s case was highlighted by the US government.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025 Despite Livia Tossici-Bolt’s conviction, the US is not finished with making abortion a UK culture war issue We should all be worried that the rightwing organisation Alliance Defending Freedom has been increasing its activities in this country, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2025 English anti-abortion campaigner at centre of US row convicted of buffer zone breach An anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer…
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Woman who held ‘here to talk, if you want’ sign outside abortion clinic guilty of breaching buffer zone Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, has been convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic and ordered to pay £20,000, in a case that drew attention from top US officials
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Woman found guilty of breaching abortion clinic ‘buffer zone’ Livia Tossici-Bolt, from Bournemouth, was convicted of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023.
Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2025 Anti-abortion campaigner championed by the White House found guilty of breaching clinic ‘buffer zone’ Livia Tossici-Bolt, from Bournemouth, was convicted of two charges of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order
The Independent UK · Apr 4, 2025 Woman found guilty of breaking ‘buffer zone’ outside abortion clinic An anti-abortion campaigner at the centre of a free speech controversy involving the US government has been found guilty of breaching a “buffer zone” outside a Bournemouth abortion clinic.