Abortion
A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months so far to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Georgia’s strict anti-abortion law, family members say. She could be kept in that state for months […]
For the second year in a row, abortion providers performed more than 1m abortions in the United States in 2024. About 155,000 people crossed state lines for abortions – roughly double the number of patients who did so in 2020, before the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade and paved the way for more […]
In its first abortion-related case since Donald Trump retook control of the White House, the US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday morning in a case challenging South Carolina’s attempt to effectively “defund” Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health giant performs abortions. The case, Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, deals with a […]
U.S. states that recently adopted new abortion bans have had more babies die after the bans took effect, new research suggests. The new analysis looked at the rate of death among children under age 1 before and after these abortion bans . . .
Rachael Clarke remembers life before buffer zones. Almost every day, the head of staff at the UK’s biggest abortion provider would get emails from staff worried about protesters outside clinics – and women crying in the waiting room. Some of the protesters had huge placards with graphic images of foetuses. Others held candlelit vigils and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida voters Tuesday rejected creating a constitutional right to abortion, a political win for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that will keep in place the state’s ban on most abortions after the first six weeks of pregnancy. It’s the first ballot measure victory for abortion opponents in any state since the U.S. Supreme […]
BBC The 2024 presidential election is the first since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, which protected the national right to an abortion. The gender divide has been prominent in this election, with polls suggesting Kamala Harris has an advantage among women and former President Donald Trump is enjoying a similar lead among men. […]
PORTAGE, Mich. (AP) — Kamala Harris returned to Michigan on Saturday for a rally with former first lady Michelle Obama, the latest in a series of her campaign’s high-profile combinations intended to boost turnout among the Democratic Party faithful. After arriving in the battleground state, Harris went to a local doctor’s office in Portage to […]
Tim Walz and JD Vance took to the stage on Tuesday night for a vice-presidential debate that served up less drama than September’s presidential debate, but offered revealing differences on abortion, school shootings, and immigration.
Abortion pills from Mexico and India are easily available in states where abortion is illegal or heavily regulated, a new report from a pro-life group says. The report, issued by American Life League, says anyone in the United States can order abortion pills online with no medical supervision, and that federal agencies have shown no […]