The Latest Breaking News from Abortion

Girl blocked from having abortion despite the fact carrying a pregnancy at such a young age is dangerous

The abortion rate was highest in women aged 22

In Scotland and Northern Ireland, access to second-trimester abortions still depends on a damaging postcode lottery, says writer Rachel Connolly

With abortion access in jeopardy, advocates worry about a return to dangerous underground procedures. A family matriarch died in one such procedure generations ago. Her family is still grieving.

BOISE, Idaho — With the U.S. Supreme Court on the verge of possibly overturning two landmark abortion rights cases by the end of this month, a trigger law could make nearly all abortions in Idaho illegal just 30 days after the Supreme Court’s decision.

Rate has increased to 18.6 per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44

Without Roe v Wade, approximately half of US women will be stripped of their right to choose

‘Economic and logistical pressures on people seeking abortion will only be intensified,’ study says

King compares enslavement to abortion in tweet just days after Juneteenth

Harassment and violence have become common outside abortion clinics over the decades since the 1973 ruling legalizing abortion

In the landmark 1973 decision of Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court held that the right to privacy provided by the 14th amendment to the US Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion. Last month, a leaked draft of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization…