A Controversial Court Ruling Has Britain’s Abortion Rights Groups Up in Arms
A 44-year-old woman was controversially jailed on Monday for using drugs to induce a medical abortion past legal term limit.
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Calls for abortion to be decriminalised amid row over jailing of UK woman
Leading expert warns of ‘sustained attacks’ on reproductive rights after sentence imposed on MondayLeading women’s health experts have warned of an attack on women’s reproductive rights and the potential for more prosecutions, following the jailing of …
Ministers urged to relax abortion laws in Great Britain after woman jailed
Labour MP criticises ‘chilling’ effect of legislation amid anger at sentence for termination outside time limitMinisters are facing calls to “step up” and decriminalise abortion in Great Britain after a mother was jailed for terminating her pregnancy, …
Woman who took abortion pills after UK legal time limit jailed
Woman had pleaded guilty to taking the drugs too late after procuring them under ‘pills by post’ scheme in pandemicA woman has been sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to procuring drugs to induce an abortion after the legal limit.Th…
Amazon and Google fund anti-abortion lawmakers through complex shell game
Blue-chip companies gave to Republican group funneling money to lawmakers who overturned abortion-ban veto in North CarolinaAs North Carolina’s 12-week abortion ban is due to come into effect on 1 July, an analysis from the non-profit Center for Politi…
Woman in Malta charged in court for having abortion
Pro-choice groups condemn rare enforcement of country’s total ban on terminationsA woman in Malta has been charged in court for having an abortion, in a rare enforcement of the country’s total ban on terminations.The Women’s Rights Foundation of Malta …
Nevada’s Republican governor enshrines abortion protections
Joe Lombardo had said on campaign trail that he would respect will of voters who codified abortion rights in 1990 referendum The governor of Nevada, Joe Lombardo, on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-o…
Asian Americans do not have access to abortion information, survey finds
Nearly half of respondents said they did not know where to access the medication if they needed itAsian Americans do not have adequate access to information about how to obtain an abortion, according to a new report.Cultural stigmas against conversatio…
South Carolina judge halts abortion ban until state supreme court review
Ruling, which came just about 24 hours after the governor signed the bill, means state can revert back to a ban at about 20 weeksA judge on Friday put a temporary halt to South Carolina’s new law banning most abortions around six weeks of pregnancy unt…
Indiana doctor won’t lose license after speaking out about child rape victim who had abortion, board rules
Medical board rules Dr Caitlin Bernard can continue practicing after speaking out about 10-year-old who travelled for abortionThe Indiana state medical board has ruled that it will allow Dr Caitlin Bernard to continue practicing in Indiana after she sp…