The Faroe Islands Are Changing Some of Europe’s Strictest Abortion Rules
A new law allowing abortion up to 12 weeks will be a major shift in an archipelago of 55,000 people, and there are strong feelings on both sides.
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Vulnerable women in England still being arrested over suspected illegal abortions
Nottinghamshire and Met police made arrests in past year, despite MPs voting to decriminalise in England and WalesVulnerable women in England are still being arrested and facing police investigations over suspected illegal pregnancy terminations, despi…
Wyoming’s new six-week abortion ban prompts lawsuit
Bill faces constitutional hurdles as previous abortion bans were struck down by state supreme court in JanuarySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxWyoming’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a six-week abor…
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 banWomen’s rights activists in Chile are bracing as the most conservative president since the Pinochet dictatorship prepares to take office on Wedn…
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 violationAll unaccompanied immigrant children who are pregnant, many by rape, are being moved to a single facility in Texas in order to avoid pr…
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 elsewhereEU states will be able to tap into a social fund to help citizens access safe abortions, in an announcement hailed as a “victory for women”.The roo…
Rebel Queensland LNP MP urges colleagues to ‘put on the full armour of God’ and speak against abortion
Nigel Dalton says he sought to redeem himself ‘in the eyes of God’ by crossing the floor in an attempt to overturn the LNP’s abortion debate gag orderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily n…
Authorities seek to remove from social media image of foetus being circulated by Australian anti-abortion activists
Photograph, first published by anti-abortion campaigner Joanna Howe, purportedly taken at Townsville hospitalFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA distressing picture of a foe…
Townsville hospital investigates after South Australian anti-abortion activist posts image of aborted foetus
Joanna Howe says a ‘whistleblower’ sent her the image, which she says was taken inside the hospital’s room for grieving parentsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTownsville hospital is investigating an alleged privacy breach aft…
Texas man sues California doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to state
Suit is the first under new law allowing residents to sue providers protected in their states under ‘shield laws’A physician based in California has become the first medical provider sued under a recently enacted Texas statute that empowers private ind…