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Gwen Stefani Addresses Her Christian Pivot After Promoting Controversial Anti-Abortion App

Critics pointed to a prayer asking God to guide women considering abortion, including pregnancies from non-consensual acts.

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Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

The Guardian - UK

Pop star Zara Larsson unleashes controversy after making an abortion joke on a fan’s TikTok post

It started as a joke that some consider distasteful and has grown into something larger.

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Wyoming governor signs ban on abortions after about 6 weeks but cites misgivings

Wyoming's governor on Monday signed a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected in the embryo

The Independent UK

Women in Ghana can access safe abortions: why are so many still using unsafe methods?

Ghana’s abortion law is relatively liberal. Abortion is legally permitted in the first trimester when a pregnancy endangers the mother’s life or physical or mental health, or when it is due to rape or incest. Thus, medication abortion has become more widely available.

The Conversation

Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation

The Guardian - UK

US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say

Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

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My Voice, My Choice citizens' initiative hails 'historic' EU decision on accessible abortion

The EU announced a social fund can be used for cross-border abortion access, drawing mixed reactions from politicians. Nonetheless, the move marks an unusual step taken by the European Union, as healthcare policy is typically determined at a national level.

Euronews

EU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc

Women from countries with near-total bans on terminations will be given help to access services elsewhere

The Guardian - UK

European Commission says EU funds can be used for cross-border abortion access

The decision comes in reaction to a campaign launched by the citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice", which raised 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 EU member states asking for improved access to safe abortions in Europe.

Euronews

Left-wing MEPs push European Commission to finance abortions across borders

Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested.

Euronews

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion

Representational government rests on a simple idea: that the laws the nation lives under generally reflect what the public wants. In the United States, few issues test that idea more than abortion.

The Conversation

Tennessee Republicans propose bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have an abortion

House Bill 570 allows for death penalty to be imposed on women who have abortions, as well as charging women ‘involved in the homicide of her own unborn child’

The Independent UK

Tennessee Republicans Seeks Death Penalty for Women Who Have Abortions— 'Homicide of Unborn Child'

Tennessee considers a bill that would impose the death penalty on women who have abortions, sparking widespread debate and outrage across the state.

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The Independent UK

Underage pregnant migrants are being detained and moved to a Texas shelter where abortion is illegal

Children as young as 13 are ‘trapped’ in a state with no access to abortion, lawyers and advocates say

The Independent UK

What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families

As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy

The Independent UK

Kash Patel’s girlfriend picked to sing National Anthem before Pete Hegseth’s anti-abortion address

‘We are not ‘In woke we trust,’ we are ‘In God we trust,’’ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during the event

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Texas House candidates in South Texas face allegations of lying about their party affiliation

Republicans hope to flip the Rio Grande Valley state House seat, long held by Democrats.

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Capital & Main

Cuts Aimed at Abortion Are Hitting Basic Care

Emergency state support for Planned Parenthood can’t fully offset lost Medicaid dollars, and patients are paying the price.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Tech medical school cancels talk on health, ethical considerations in late-pregnancy abortions

University leaders declined to give a reason. Abortion opponents said the discussion would have promoted illegal activity, something advocates deny.

Texas Observer

Ken Paxton’s ‘Shoddy’ Prosecution of a Midwife Is Part of a Strategy to Expand His Power. Low-Income Houstonians Are Paying the Price.

Maria Margarita Rojas is the first healthcare provider charged for abortion care under Texas’ strict criminal ban. Her attorneys say the state has no evidence—yet her clinics remain shuttered.

The Independent UK

Woman denied legal abortion sent to maximum-security prison after illegally terminating pregnancy

A young woman in Zambia was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion

The Times of India

‘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.

Cinemablend

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.

LiveScience

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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