U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider gutting the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, taking up Mississippi’s bid to...
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‘We did it, sisters’: Argentina Senate votes to legalize abortion
Argentina‘s Senate voted on Wednesday to legalize abortion, a first for a big country in Latin America and a triumph for women’s rights campaigners achieved...
Activists converge on Warsaw for ‘biggest’ protests against abortion ruling
Protesters were planning to converge on Warsaw from across Poland on Friday for what police said would likely be the biggest demonstrations yet against a...
Solidarity protest in Nicosia in support of Polish women
Dozens of women dressed in black gathered outside the Polish embassy on Thursday to protest against an almost-total abortion ban ruling in their home country....
Cyprus records high abortion, low birth rates
Around 8,500 abortions take place in Cyprus every year, a study conducted by the Statistical Service of Cyprus revealed on Tuesday. The study also found...
Alabama governor signs strictest US abortion ban into law
By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta Alabama’s governor signed a bill on Wednesday to ban nearly all abortions in the state, even in cases of...
Alabama Senate bans nearly all abortions, including rape cases
By Daniel Trotta May 14 (Reuters) – Alabama’s state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday to outlaw nearly all abortions, creating exceptions only to protect...
UK top court: can’t enforce abortion law change in N. Ireland
Britain‘s Supreme Court said on Thursday that Northern Ireland’s strict abortion law was incompatible with human rights, but also said it did not have the...
Ireland votes in ‘once-in-a-generation’ abortion referendum (Update 2)
Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said he was quietly confident that a strong early turnout in Ireland‘s abortion referendum on Friday would favour those seeking change in...
Irish women open up about abortion ahead of referendum
When posters with the words ‘Licence To Kill’ were put up in her neighbourhood in advance of Ireland’s referendum on abortion, Amy Callahan decided to...
Parliament decriminalises abortion (Updated)
After years of discussion parliament on Friday passed with an overwhelming majority a law decriminalising abortion. The controversial matter – which had remained largely stagnant...
Anti-abortion group sends plastic embryos to MPs
A women’s group which opposes abortions this week sent MPs small plastic embryos through the mail along with graphic images of dead foetuses, as parliament...
MPs to vote on abortion decriminalisation bill on March 30
The bill on the decriminalising abortion will be tabled to the House plenum for a vote next week, MPs said on Monday. The around three-year...
MPs prepare to take on church over abortions
The bill on the decriminalisation of abortions does not aim at facilitating terminations but at giving women the right to choose and access to safe...
N. Ireland abortion laws violate women’s rights, UN body says
The United Kingdom violates women’s rights in Northern Ireland by unduly restricting their access to abortion, a report by the UN Committee on the Elimination...
Ireland to hold abortion referendum at the end of May
Ireland‘s government has proposed holding a referendum to liberalise the country’s abortion regime at the end of May, offering voters the first opportunity in 35...
Woman who had illegal abortion released (Updated)
Following a public outcry, police on Thursday released a woman who had been placed in custody after she had an abortion. The doctor who performed...
Outcry over woman arrested for having an abortion
There was outrage on Wednesday over parliament’s failure to amend abortion legislation after police in Nicosia detained a woman who had an abortion and the...
Three jailed in north for performing abortions
Two doctors and a nurse were jailed in the north on Tuesday over illegal abortions that took place in 2015. Fahri Karagözlü, the doctor who...