Abortion news
- 2025-Dec-01: The College Fix: Public universities spend millions subsidizing pro-abortion website, analysis finds (USA)
- 2025-Nov-30: The Varsity: The tightrope walk: Navigating anti-abortion protests at U of T (University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- 2025-Nov-29: Edmonton Journal: UCP members pass resolutions on auto insurance, abortion, clean coal: The resolution votes do not obligate the province to act on them, though some past party resolutions have become government policy (Alberta, Canada)
- 2025-Nov-28: Political Science Nows: A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses (USA)
- 2025-Nov-27: FIGO: Advocating for Safe Abortion Project: learnings and successes from Cameroon, Burkina Faso, and Mali
- 2025-Nov-27: Reuters: Kast, the favorite to win Chile's presidential runoff, could limit abortion access (Chile)
- 2025-Nov-26: Notes from Poland: Polish abortion activist denied security clearance to investigate surveillance of her own movement (Poland)
- 2025-Nov-25: The Progressive Magazine: "It Is Sacred Work": Abortion Clinics Are Stepping Up After the Fall of Roe [v. Wade] (USA)
- 2025-Nov-25: ConstitutionNet: Monarch refuses to give royal assent to abortion law under Monaco's constitution (Monaco)
- 2025-Nov-25: Juno News: OP-ED: Inside Canada's late-term abortion regime: "The videos show how easily late-term abortions are obtained. No medical justification required. No extraordinary circumstances. Just a date, a signature, and a hospital referral." <WARNING: Emotional anti-abortion bias> (Canada)
- 2025-Nov-24: Sudbury: Pro-choice group warns of new abortion "disinformation" on social media: Recently published videos show the co-founder of a pro-life group posing as someone interested in accessing an abortion, including at a clinic in Toronto (Ontario, Canada)
- 2025-Nov-24: ODI Global: Navigating the politics of backlash: abortion rights and the Safe Motherhood Bill in Sierra Leone
- 2025-Nov-24: The New York Times: Tracking Abortion Laws Across the Country (USA)
- 2025-Nov-24: Wisconsin Examiner: Why a state Senate bill to redefine abortion will hurt, not help, patients and doctors (USA)
- 2025-Nov-23: Yahoo! News: North Dakota court upholds near-total abortion ban (USA)
- 2025-Nov-22: BBC: North Dakota court upholds near-total abortion ban (USA)
- 2025-Nov-20: AOL: Anti-abortion activist pepper-sprayed then shot man who confronted him for filming outside Planned Parenthood clinic (Columbia, South Carolina, USA)
- 2025-Nov-19: ProPublica: "Ticking Time Bomb": A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn't Get an Abortion in Texas (USA)
- 2025-Nov-18: LAProgressive: From the Powell Memo to Project 2025: How America's Beliefs Keep Reversing Progress (USA)
- 2025-Nov-17: Houston Public Media: Study shows Texas abortion ban had greatest effect on minors seeking care: The study looks at abortions received by Texans both in state and out-of-state in the months after Senate Bill 8, a roughly six-week abortion ban, became law in 2021 (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Nov-17: Ms. Magazine: As [Donald] Trump and RFK Jr. Consider Mifepristone Limits, Women on Web Vows to Keep Abortion Pills Flowing in the U.S. (USA)
- 2025-Nov-17: The New Daily: SA abortion debate "game" to face probe (South Australia)
- 2025-Nov-16: Russpain: Ayuso Refuses to Comply with Law on Registering Doctors Who Object to Abortions: Clash between Madrid and Sánchez Government: Doctor Registry Dispute Heads to Court (Spain)
- 2025-Nov-16: Capital FM: Malawi commended after court backs minors' right to safe abortion (Malawi, East Africa)
- 2025-Nov-16: Campus Reform: University of Evansville class partners with student pro-abortion group (Indiana, USA)
- 2025-Nov-16: Mezha: ECHR Orders Poland to Compensate Woman for Abortion Abroad (Poland)
- 2025-Nov-15: The New York Times: Pope Leo Urges Cinema Notables to Redouble Focus on Social Justice: But left unspoken at a Vatican meeting with film stars were the deep divisions over issues like abortion and homosexuality
- 2025-Nov-15: Truthout: GOP Lawmakers Are Using a Wild Conspiracy Theory to Attack Medication Abortion: House Republicans are now talking about combing through sewers in search of microscopic evidence of our abortions (USA)
- 2025-Nov-15: MedPage Today: From Opt-Out to Opt-In: A Dangerous Shift for Abortion Training -- This proposed change would worsen the maternal health crisis (Massachusetts, USA)
- 2025-Nov-15: Toronto Star: South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the US as opponents keep pushing limits (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: Wisconsin Independent: Abortion rights at issue in Wisconsin Supreme Court election (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: 8 News Now: New Research From Abortion in America Finds Personal Stories Move Audiences Across the Political Spectrum (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: ACLU: ACLU v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Maryland, USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: Mashable: Apple vows to pay for Texas employees to travel after abortion ban: CEO Tim Cook told employees medical insurance would help cover out-of-state expenses (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: KFF: Status of Abortion Litigation in State Courts: State and Federal Reproductive Rights and Abortion Litigation Tracker (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: Ipas: Reflections on resilience 20 years after Ethiopia's historic abortion law change (Ethiopia)
- 2025-Nov-14: The 19th: Actually, Gen Z men do care about abortion: Polling from Abortion in America found that young men were particularly responsive to stories from people who were impacted by abortion bans (USA)
- 2025-Nov-14: BBC: Scottish abortion law "not fit for purpose," says expert group (Scotland)
- 2025-Nov-14: Center for Reproductive Rights: Experts Call for Major Reform of Scotland's Abortion Law (Scotland)
- 2025-Nov-13: Foreign Policy: Ethiopia's Fight Against America's Anti-Abortion Propaganda: How Ethiopians are resisting U.S.-backed disinformation on abortions (Ethiopia)
- 2025-Nov-13: TVP World: Rights court orders Poland to compensate woman in abortion case (Europe)
- 2025-Nov-13: WHYY: Philadelphia City Council approves resolution recognizing abortion rights as human rights: Abortion advocates remain unhappy with Philadelphia's decision to pull funding from abortion providers amid federal challenges (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- 2025-Nov-13: Pitchfork: Sharp Pins, Been Stellar, Lip Critic, and More Playing Abortion Access Benefit Concerts (USA)
- 2025-Nov-13: National Network of Abortion Funds: Power in Our Hands: Self-Managed Abortion
- 2025-Nov-13: Reproductive Freedom for All: MEMO: Exit Polls Show Abortion Played a Crucial Role in 2025 Election Victories (USA)
- 2025-Nov-13: The Guardian: SA attorney general refers anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe's fundraiser "game" for investigation: Bingo card-style game, where supporters encouraged to "buy" words and phrases linked to contentious abortion bill, condemned by crossbench MLCs as a "grift" that trivialised debate (Australia)
- 2025-Nov-13: BCIT News: Access to the abortion pill varies across B.C.: study; A study from UBC found only 67 per cent of pharmacies in B.C. could fill an abortion pill prescription within three days (British Columbia, Canada)
- 2025-Nov-12: The Guardian: Bill to restrict abortions later in pregnancy defeated in South Australia after emotional debate (Australia)
- 2025-Nov-12: Union of Orthodox Journalists: EP committee calls for including abortion in EU health policy (Europe)
- 2025-Nov-12: The Advocate: 12 far-right groups with extreme anti-LGBTQ+ positions that threaten civil rights (USA)
- 2025-Nov-12: Politico: Prominent anti-abortion group announces $80 million midterm investment: The investment is the latest example of the anti-abortion movement's resiliency in the face of repeated ballot box losses after Roe v. Wade was overturned (USA)
- 2025-Nov-12: The Insider: Abortions effectively banned or restricted in nearly half of Russia's regions (Russia)
- 2025-Nov-12: St. Albert Gazette: Appeals court weighs arguments on law cutting Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood (USA)
- 2025-Nov-12: Winnipeg Free Press: Young adult novel tackles heavy topic: What Friends Are For sheds light on history of abortion in Canada (Manitoba, Canada)
- 2025-Nov-12: Exaudi: Why are some Catholic media outlets silent on abortion? Fear of losing audience and cultural pressure dominate the pro-life narrative
- 2025-Nov-12: The Catholic Thing: Abortion and the Greatness of the Church
- 2025-Nov-10: Reproductive Freedom for All: Reproductive Freedom for All Responds to Senate Continuing Resolution Vote (Washington, USA)
- 2025-Nov-10: The Conversation: What does "pro-life" mean? There's no one answer -- even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
- 2025-Nov-10: The Nation: Abortion Bans Are Never Just About Abortion: People who very much want to become pregnant could soon find their right to procreate restricted by criminal anti-abortion laws protecting embryos (USA)
- 2025-Nov-10: The Tuscon Sentinel: Arizona GOP defends abortion laws with witnesses who are vocal abortion foes: The witnesses have never performed abortions but claim Arizona's restrictions protect women (Arizona, USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: The Post Millennial: Abortion advocacy group touts Stevie Nicks' abortion as career success story: "I got pregnant and it was like why? I have an IUD. I am totally protected. I have a great gynecologist. How come this has happened?" (USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: Common Dreams: GOP Accused of Trying to Slip Backdoor Abortion Ban Into Government Funding Bill: "[Donald] Trump said he'd leave abortion care up to the states. Well, this latest scheme makes it crystal clear: A de facto nationwide abortion ban has been his plan all along," said Democratic Senator Ron Wyden (USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: Crikey: South Australia is now the battleground for the forced-birth movement: Conservative forces both inside and outside state parliament want to make abortion a key issue in 2026 (Australia)
- 2025-Nov-09: Real: Gloria Steinem extends personal invite to Women's Health Centers of WV & MD for "Feminist Talking Circle" (Charleston, West Virginia, USA; and Cumberland, Maryland, USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: Socialist Worker: Menopause: How a sick system fails women: A vacuum of information around the menopause pushes many women into unnecessary pain. Judy Cox spoke to women fighting to make it a trade union issue—and against the sexist system which fuels their suffering (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Nov-09: AOL: 8 arrested in Houston area illegal abortion scheme, including foreign nationals (Houston, Texas, USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: Wausau Pilot & Review: Legal, but not easy: Wisconsin patients, providers confused by shifting abortion landscape (Wausau, Wisconsin, USA)
- 2025-Nov-09: Live Action: European Parliament Committee: Restricting abortion "reduces women to their procreative role" (Europe)
- 2025-Nov-08: Alaska Watchman: Catholics celebrate Mass outside Alaska's largest abortion center (Alaska, USA)
- 2025-Nov-07: News Medical Life Sciences: Study reveals uneven access to abortion pill mifepristone in British Columbia (Canada)
- 2025-Nov-07: Global News: Florida is suing Planned Parenthood over the safety of abortion drugs. Here's what to know (Florida, USA)
- 2025-Nov-06: CBC News: N.B. abortion access a work in progress one year after policy change: No non-hospital clinics are offering surgical abortions, despite repeal of Medicare funding ban (Canada)
- 2025-Nov-06: The Guardian: What Tuesday’s elections mean for the future of abortion rights (USA)
- 2025-Nov-06: Amnesty International: Europe: Existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights (Europe)
- 2025-Nov-06: DW: It's women's rights versus religion in Malawi abortion fight: Women's rights groups have welcomed a decision by a Malawian court to allow safe abortions for women and girls subjected to sexual violence. But some religious groups oppose abortion (Malawi, East Africa)
- 2025-Nov-05: ENR: The European Parliament Committee supports the initiative for safe abortion in the EU (Europe)
- 2025-Nov-05: The Guardian: Liberal women react with "horror" to abortion comments from Coalition colleagues: Jane Hume says politicians should not be using straightforward legislation as a "Trojan horse" for personal opinions (Australia)
- 2025-Nov-05: NPR: Iowa doesn't have enough OB-GYNs. Is the state's abortion ban part of the problem? (Iowa, USA)
- 2025-Nov-05: The Guardian: Belén review – gripping true story of woman unjustly accused of illegal abortion: In Argentina a lawyer fights to free a working-class woman jailed after the miscarriage of her baby in this heartfelt retelling (Argentina)
- 2025-Nov-04: Public Books: After "Abortion": A 1966 Book and the World That It Made (USA)
- 2025-Nov-04: Yahoo! News: Rape survivors blocked from treatment as aid cuts make Africa's unsafe abortion crisis worse, researchers warn (Africa)
- 2025-Nov-04: Mother Jones: What Tuesday's Elections Mean for the Future of Abortion Access: In post-Dobbs America, reproductive rights are always on the ballot, even when they are not (USA)
- 2025-Nov-04: BBC: "Callous" amendment to include abortions in baby loss certificates defeated (Ireland)
- 2025-Nov-03: Times of India: Consent paramount: MP HC denies abortion without minor's agreement (Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India)
- 2025-Nov-02: The Daily Aus: Why are late-term abortions being debated in parliament? (Australia)
- 2025-Nov-02: News 5 Cleveland: Ohio anti-abortion advocates support Baby Olivia Act; lawmakers question showing it to third graders (Cleveland, Ohio, USA)
- 2025-Nov-02: Times of India: Man held for rape, forced abortion of 24-yr-old woman in Jajpur (Jajpur, Odisha, India)
- 2025-Nov-01: Centre for Reproductive Rights: Carmen Cecilia Martínez López Strikes Down Forced Motherhood at the UN
- 2025-Nov-01: National Review: November's Elections Will Decide the Fate of Virginia's Abortion Amendment (USA)
- 2025-Nov-01: Live Action: Writer claims abortionists give the most compassionate prenatal care
- 2025-Oct-31: The Texas Tribune: New York judge dismisses Ken Paxton's legal challenge in abortion pills case: The Texas attorney general wanted a New York court to enforce a civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills. The suit was a test of New York's "shield law" (New York and Texas, USA)
- 2025-Oct-29: AOL: Republicans take "death by a thousand cuts" approach against abortion rights | Letters (USA)
- 2025-Oct-29: News.com.au: Coalition MPs slammed for abortion claim on changes to include stillbirths in paid parental leave Bill: Coalition backbenchers are under fire after making a stunning claim about a Bill designed to support grieving parents (Australia)
- 2025-Oct-29: The Columbus Dispatch: Republicans take "death by a thousand cuts" approach against abortion rights | Letters (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
- 2025-Oct-29: Human Rights Watch: Whose Abortion Is It? The Harms of State-Mandated Parental Notification for Abortion and Judicial Bypass in the United States (USA)
- 2025-Oct-29: Amnesty International: Global: Amnesty delegation meets abortion defenders as backlash against human rights intensifies (Bogotá, Colombia)
- 2025-Oct-29: Human Rights Watch: US: Parental Notice for Abortion Causes Harm: State Lawmakers Should Repeal These Laws (USA)
- 2025-Oct-29: The Christian Institute: "Abortion up to birth -- a radical and disturbing proposal" (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-28: The Daily Mining Gazette: Ad campaign focuses on UP abortion access: Highlights pills by mail (Marquette, Lake Superior, Michigan, USA)
- 2025-Oct-28: Newsweek: Mel Gibson Choice to Play Mary in "Resurrection of the Christ" Sparks Anger. Gibson has cast the Polish Italian actress, Kasia Smutniak, who is pro-choice, and her casting has prompted backlash in Poland, which has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe (Poland)
- 2025-Oct-28: Chattanooga Times Free Press: Chattanoogan Charles Wysong, anti-abortion activist, dies at age 84. [He] Fought against Chattanooga's first and only abortion clinic (Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA)
- 2025-Oct-27: 11 Alive: Mom of Georgia woman who died seeking abortion care is turning pain into purpose: The Georgia mom said she won't stop speaking out, after a maternal mortality review board found her daughter's death preventable (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)
- 2025-Oct-27: Wisconsin Examiner: Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resuming abortion services after nearly a month (Wisconsin, USA)
- 2025-Oct-27: The Catholic Herald: Pressure on Church to allow decriminalisation of abortion in Andorra (Andorra la Vella, Andorra)
- 2025-Oct-26: Le Monde: On social media, women share their abortion stories to break the silence
- 2025-Oct-26: Mother Jones: Report: Anti-Abortion Leaders Helped Tank [Donald] Trump's Promise of Free IVF. "There were letters and meetings and calls—a lot of activity" (USA)
- 2025-Oct-24: New Jersey Monitor: People seeking abortions later in pregnancy could soon get them in NJ: Now, no NJ clinics offer abortions past 27 weeks (New Jersey, USA)
- 2025-Oct-24: Bloomberg: How Abortion Pill Data Is Being Weaponized (USA)
- 2025-Oct-23: The Cut: The Best Doctors Are Abortion Providers: Women say they're treated far better during abortions than other natal care. Abortion providers understand that pregnancy is not just a medical condition but a profound life experience, touching on a person's deepest hopes
- 2025-Oct-23: Fox 13: UW study: Telehealth abortion requests doubled after Roe v. Wade overturned: A new study from UW Medicine found that telehealth abortion requests doubled after Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022 (USA)
- 2025-Oct-23: Nashville Scene: Court Rules Against State; Abortion Exceptions Lawsuit Continues: Legislation from this year's Tennessee General Assembly was not enough to quash case (Tennessee, USA)
- 2025-Oct-23: The Daily Pennsylvanian: Penn researchers find rise in sterilizations following removal of federal abortion protections (University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, USA))
- 2025-Oct-23: Boise State Public Radio: Idaho loses 35% of OBGYNs after abortion ban takes effect (Idaho, USA)
- 2025-Oct-23: NL Times: Dutch abortions hold steady at 39,000, teen procedures decrease (Netherlands)
- 2025-Oct-23: Kansas Reflector: Kansas navigates post-Dobbs world with state abortion restrictions in limbo (Olathe, Kansas, USA)
- 2025-Oct-20: People: A Mom Fled Texas for an Emergency Abortion. 1 Year Later She Had a Son and Gave Him Initials R.O.E. (Exclusive; USA)
- 2025-Oct-20: CNN: Democrats are talking about abortion on the campaign trail again (USA)
- 2025-Oct-20: Associated Press: Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger spar over abortion in Virginia (USA)
- 2025-Oct-19: Yahoo! News: Nigel Farage appoints right-wing anti-abortion theologian as Reform senior adviser (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-17: Penn LDI: The Unseen Fallout of Abortion Bans: How Threatened Reproductive Rights Pushed More Pennsylvanians Toward Sterilization (Pennsylvania, USA)
- 2025-Oct-17: Ms. Magazine: The New York Times' Recent "Abortion Pollution" Story Serves the Antiabortion Agenda: By repeating junk science and omitting key context, the Times lent legitimacy to antiabortion activists' latest misinformation campaign (USA)
- 2025-Oct-17: NBC Washington: FCPS interim report finds student abortion allegations likely "fabricated": Teacher alleges student told her a school social worker helped her get an abortion (Fairfax Country, Virginia, USA)
- 2025-Oct-16: The Conversation: Banning abortion is a hallmark of authoritarian regimes
- 2025-Oct-16: The Guardian: Farage urged to explain anti-abortion links to meeting with Trump officials: Lib Dems accuse Reform leader of wanting to water down women’s rights after reports of help from advocacy group (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-16: PBS: Abortion restrictions may be fueling a rise in domestic violence, experts warn (USA)
- 2025-Oct-15: Global News: Unheard. Unserved: Woman says abortion stigma at N.S. hospital almost took her life (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- 2025-Oct-14: The National: Nigel Farage slammed over "concerning" links to US anti-abortion group (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-14: KOMU 8: Missouri appeals court affirms ruling that allowed abortions to resume (USA)
- 2025-Oct-14: The Beacon: What makes abortion regulations illegal in Kansas? This court fight will decide: Two abortion providers are suing Kansas over a handful of abortion laws. They say current laws are preventing people from accessing abortion care (Kansas, USA)
- 2025-Oct-14: People: Florida Man Learns Fate After Murdering His 9-Months Pregnant Mistress Who Refused to Get Abortion (Florida, USA)
- 2025-Oct-14: Lozier Institute: Abortion Reporting: Alabama (2024)
- 2025-Oct-13: Big Issue: Abortion is close to decriminalisation. But how quickly can rights and progress be rolled back? More than 100 women are believed to have been arrested on suspicion of illegal abortion over the last five years in England and Wales, but a new law will offer greater protections. The Big Issue asks experts if rights could still be under threat (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-13: The New York Times: Who's Behind the Rising Anti-Abortion Movement in the U.K.?
- 2025-Oct-12: MSNBC: A new era in abortion services may be over before it ever really began: After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, progressive states began passing shield laws to protect their residents from civil or criminal consequences under state bans. Now that's under threat (USA)
- 2025-Oct-11: CTV News: Quebec pro-choice group urges government not to legislate abortion in proposed constitution (Canada)
- 2025-Oct-10: EFF: Stop Censoring Abortion: Social Media is Suppressing Reproductive Health
- 2025-Oct-10: Seacoastonline: Music Hall cancels fundraiser featuring abortion rights film, faces backlash (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA)
- 2025-Oct-10: The New York Times: The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills: Scientists at the Environmental Protection Agency found that they could develop methods to identify traces of the medication if necessary -- a practice long sought by the anti-abortion movement (USA)
- 2025-Oct-09: The Guardian: Anti-abortion activists pardoned by Trump face trial for new clinic "invasion": Two who received presidential pardon among six activists charged with trespass and conspiracy in Pennsylvania (USA)
- 2025-Oct-09: WHYY: Pennsylvania's doctors, warning of risk to abortion rights, join fight over state Supreme Court retention votes: The doctors also argue the November retention election could impact health care affordability, patient privacy and equal rights in Pennsylvania (USA)
- 2025-Oct-08: AOL: CVS CEO on decision to carry the abortion pill, cybersecurity threats (Washington, USA)
- 2025-Oct-08: The Loop: Abortion rights and the cost of compromise (Europe)
- 2025-Oct-08: OSV News: Spanish government wants to create blacklists of doctors who refuse to perform abortions (Madrid, Spain)
- 2025-Oct-08: BMC: Impact of COVID-19 among women seeking abortion services in Nepal: results from a longitudinal study (Nepal)
- 2025-Oct-08: John Hopkins / Bloomberg School of Public Health: What Is Mifepristone, a.k.a., “The Abortion Pill”? Nearly 40 years of research have shown that mifepristone is extremely safe and effective
- 2025-Oct-08: Premier Christianity: A "pro-choice" Archbishop of Canterbury lacks the moral authority to lead (England)
- 2025-Oct-08: The Guardian: Texas charges eight people over links to midwife accused of illegal abortions: State attorney general Ken Paxton claims "cabal of abortion-loving radicals" practiced medicine without a license (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Oct-07: EFF: Flock Safety and Texas Sheriff Claimed License Plate Search Was for a Missing Person. It Was an Abortion Investigation (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Oct-06: Euro News: What is the state of abortion rights across the EU? (Europe)
- 2025-Oct-05: Crux: Unless you're American, Pope's comments on "pro-life" were just common sense (Rome, Italy)
- 2025-Oct-05: The Tribune: Reverse tracking of abortion cases leads to FIRs against UP centres (Karnal, Haryana, India)
- 2025-Oct-03: Equality Now: Safe abortion is life-saving healthcare: A call to action
- 2025-Oct-03: EFF: #StopCensoringAbortion: What We Learned and Where We Go From Here
- 2025-Oct-03: Ms. Magazine: Americans Oppose Criminalizing Abortion; Too Many Policymakers Aren't Listening (USA)
- 2025-Oct-03: Detroit Free Press: U.S. judge tosses lawsuit seeking to undo abortion access amendment in Michigan (USA)
- 2025-Oct-03: Euro News: European Commission to consider fund for EU-wide access to abortion (Europe)
- 2025-Oct-03: Reuters: Spain seeks to make abortion a constitutional right, 40 years after legalising it (Spain)
- 2025-Oct-03: El Pais: Mexico's abandoned newborns: A tragedy driven by lack of sex education and the criminalization of abortion (Mexico)
- 2025-Oct-02: EFF: Tips to Protect Your [Social Media] Posts About Reproductive Health From Being Removed
- 2025-Oct-02: AOL: Concerns grow over continued restriction of abortion rights in America (USA)
- 2025-Oct-02: Scripps News: Concerns grow over continued restriction of abortion rights in America: Research done by KFF found nearly 2/3 of women are concerned about the impact of abortion restrictions on women's safety (USA)
- 2025-Oct-02: The Hill: [Democrat Senator Dick] Durbin "overwhelmed" by Pope Leo support on abortion rights (USA)
- 2025-Oct-02: MedPage Today: Early At-Home Abortion: As Safe As in the Hospital? COVID-19 changed laws to allow more early abortions to occur at home (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Oct-02: Euro News: Pope Leo XIV weighs in on abortion debate by questioning what it really means to be "pro-life"
- 2025-Oct-02: Vancouver Is Awesome: FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives (USA)
- 2025-Oct-02: CTV News: U.S. FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives (USA)
- 2025-Oct-01: The Guardian: Anti-abortion groups furious as FDA approves generic abortion pill: Abortion rights supporters hail win for evidence-backed medicine as Evita Solutions' generic version of mifepristone given approval (USA)
- 2025-Oct-01: SC Daily Gazette: Anti-abortion groups split over proposal that could make SC's ban the strictest nationwide: The bill removes exceptions for crime victims and fatal fetal anomalies; some anti-abortion activists oppose it for criminalizing women for having an abortion (South Carolina, USA)
- 2025-Oct-01: EFF: [Internet] Platforms Have Failed Us on Abortion Content. Here's How They Can Fix It
- 2025-Sep-30: Los Angeles Times: Emergency abortion denials by Catholic hospitals put woman in danger, lawsuit claims (California, USA)
- 2025-Sep-30: Moussouri Independent: Campaign gears up to defeat Missouri abortion ban amendment: Leaders behind Missouri's successful 2024 reproductive rights campaign formed a new coalition called Stop the Ban, raising more than $800,000 as they launch efforts to fight a 2026 ballot measure that would again outlaw abortion
- 2025-Sep-30: The 19th: Abortion's most motivated voters went from defenders to opponents: A 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll suggests that abortion rights supporters are now less likely to prioritize the issue
- 2025-Sep-29: Time Magazine: For the First Time Since Roe v. Wade Was Overturned, Abortions Appear to Be Decreasing (USA)
- 2025-Sep-29: The Guardian: The abortion pill is safe. But why should Trump let facts get in the way? (USA)
- 2025-Sep-28: WHO: International Safe Abortion Day 2025 (September 28)
- 2025-Sep-27: BBC: Anti-abortion campaigner arrested for second time (Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland)
- 2025-Sep-27: Muddy River News: Letter to the Editor: I respect Senator Durbin's statement that he is personally opposed to abortion; That statement does not make him a hypocrite
- 2025-Sep-27: NPR: Latest language for Missouri ballot measure fails to mention amendment would ban abortion (Missouri, USA)
- 2025-Sep-26: Center for Reproductive Rights: Five Wins to Celebrate this International Safe Abortion Day
- 2025-Sep-26: EFF: The Abortion Hotline Meta Wants to Go Dark
- 2025-Sep-26: Politico: California doctors can now prescribe abortion anonymously (USA)
- 2025-Sep-26: CISION: On International Safe Abortion Day, SOGC Urges Protection of Reproductive Rights in Canada
- 2025-Sep-26: Human Rights Watch: Reproductive Rights, Abortion Access Under Threat in Argentina: Rollback of Abortion and Reproductive Health Programs Undermines Womens' and Girls' Rights (Argentina)
- 2025-Sep-26: The Austin Chronicle: Providers Are Still Mailing Abortion Pills to Texans: Tensions between Texas and states with laws protecting abortion providers ramps up
- 2025-Sep-25: EFF: Meta (Facebook) is Removing Abortion Advocates' Accounts Without Warning
- 2025-Sep-25: Reproductive Freedom for All: Over 70 Reproductive Health and Justice Organizations Urge Congressional Leaders to Reject Extremist Abortion Restrictions in ACA Negotiations (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: The Post and Courier: Reject [anti-]abortion bill, First Amendment protections | Letters (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: News Channel Nebraska: Medication abortion pill is safer than penicillin, Viagra and procedural abortion, CNN analysis shows (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: Devdiscourse: Artificial Wombs: The Next Frontier in Reproductive Technology
- 2025-Sep-25: Deadline: Argentina Submits Abortion Drama "Belén" For Best International Feature Film Race (Argentina)
- 2025-Sep-25: Monitor: Why more married women are getting abortions
- 2025-Sep-25: Civic Media: Abortion Ban Mockery (Hour 1 audio); Mornings with Pat Kreitlow (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: Battleground Wisconsin: [Tom] Tiffany declines to say if he still backs 6-week abortion ban (Minocqua, Wisconsin, USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: Axios: RFK Jr. says FDA will "study" new safety limits on abortion pill (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: Cleveland.com: Ohio GOP pushes 24-hour abortion waiting period despite reproductive rights amendment (Columbus, Ohio)
- 2025-Sep-25: Michigan Advance: Anti-abortion groups to spend $4.5 million to secure Michigan's U.S. Senate seat for Republicans (USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: The College Fix: "Dystopian society": Academics develop tool to help IVF parents decide which embryos to destroy
- 2025-Sep-25: The Catholic Observer: Decision to Honor Durbin Ignites Fierce Opposition Over His Support for Abortion Rights (Chicago, USA)
- 2025-Sep-25: Exaudi News: WHO includes abortifacients in its list of essential medicines: WHO includes mifepristone and misoprostol in its 2025 list of essential medicines, generating debate on health and bioethics
- 2025-Sep-24: The Blast: Pedro Pascal Attacked For "Powerful" Abortion Rights Post: "WTF" (Chile)
- 2025-Sep-24: Yahoo! News: "South Park" Eviscerates FCC Chair Brendan Carr, Making Him Poop Himself, Take Plan B and Lose His Freedom of Speech (USA)
- 2025-Sep-24: Reproductive Freedom for All: Reproductive Freedom For All Responds to Susan B. Anthony Anti-Abortion Group's Plan to Buy Senate Seats in Michigan (USA)
- 2025-Sep-24: Reproductive Freedom for All: Reproductive Freedom For All Responds to Susan B. Anthony Anti-Abortion Group's Plan to Buy Senate Seats in Georgia (USA)
- 2025-Sep-24: Yahoo! News: Entertainment/Gossip: JT Reacts to Cardi B Alleging Lil Uzi Vert Forced Abortions, Threatens to "Tell Roc Nation" on Her (USA)
- 2025-Sep-24: Länderfokus: The fight for safe and legal abortions in the EU remains (Europe)
- 2025-Sep-23: ReformAustin: Texas Abortion Support Groups Vow To Keep Helping (USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: Truthout: The Anti-Migrant Crackdown Is Also a Reproductive Justice Crisis: Working on abortion access in Texas, we see every day how immigration justice and reproductive justice are inseparable (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: USA Today: Kennedy memoir sheds light on former center of Supreme Court gay rights, abortion rulings: Former Justice Anthony Kennedy was surprised by the vehemence of the opposition to gay marriage. He considered stepping down from the court due to his personal feelings about abortion (USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: Substack Jessica: The Tylenol-Pregnancy Panic Could Be an Early Warning Sign (USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: WHO: New digital tools expand access and enhance quality in comprehensive abortion care
- 2025-Sep-23: The Indian Express: Punjab and Haryana High Court denies abortion to 14-year-old rape survivor, cites health risks (India)
- 2025-Sep-23: National Catholic Register: Cardinal Cupich Defends Decision to Honor Pro-Abortion Senator at Immigration Fundraiser (USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: State Court Report: The Power of State Reproductive Freedom Amendments: A new report analyzes the language and effects of recently adopted amendments protecting reproductive rights and highlights their potential for abortion access and beyond (USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: Reproductive Freedom for All: Reproductive Freedom for All Celebrates Adelita Grijalva's AZ-07 Special Election Win (Arizona, USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: Squamish Chief: Chicago archbishop's decision to honor US senator stirs Catholic abortion debate (Springfield, Illinois, USA)
- 2025-Sep-23: Truthout: FDA's Arbitrary Restrictions on Vaccines Are Right Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook: Anti-vaxxers are copying a core anti-abortion strategy: if you can't make it illegal, make it inaccessible instead (USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: ABC News: The public hospital patients who ended up paying abortion clinics for miscarriage care (Brisbane, Australia)
- 2025-Sep-22: Pew Research: Public Opinion on Abortion: Views on abortion, 1995-2024 (USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: WHO: Transforming abortion care starts with education: Global partners unite to strengthen collaboration and build a skilled, respectful, rights-based health workforce
- 2025-Sep-22: Kentucky Lantern: Planned Parenthood "resolved" to keep serving Kentuckians even without Medicaid dollars (Kentucky, USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: OpenPR: Global Spotlight: Legal Challenges and Accessibility Issues Surrounding Abortion Pills in the United States - BirthControlPills247 Advocates for Safe Access
- 2025-Sep-22: Live Action: Washington state will fund Planned Parenthood following Medicaid cuts (USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: Page Six: Priscilla Presley tells all on abortion, Elvis "forcing" himself on her and why she never trusted Michael Jackson (USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: San Francisco Examiner: State bill removing names from abortion-pill bottles is "much-needed step" (California, USA)
- 2025-Sep-22: Nevada Independent: Nevada Democrats want to run on abortion in 2026. Will voters care? Economic concerns took precedence in 2024, but Democratic candidates such as Aaron Ford say abortion access will be key in 2026 (USA)
- 2025-Sep-21: SubStack Jessica: This Week in Abortion (USA)
- 2025-Sep-21: SWI: Thousands of anti-abortion activists march through Zurich suburb (Switzerland)
- 2025-Sep-21: Reproductive Freedom for All: Reproductive Freedom for All Congratulates Mikie Sherrill on Winning the First Debate in the New Jersey Gubernatorial Race (Washington, DC, USA)
- 2025-Sep-20: Malta Today: Protest on abortion rights set to take place on September 27 [2025]: The Voice for Choice coalition says abortion is a matter of healthcare and bodily autonomy, urging people to join a march in Valletta this month (Malta)
- 2025-Sep-20: Luxembourg Times: If you oppose abortion, just don't get one: Enshrining access to abortion in Luxembourg's constitution would safeguard a human right, says editor-in-chief Cordula Schnuer (Luxembourg)
- 2025-Sep-20: RTL Today: Abortion debate: Did France walk so Luxembourg could run? (France)
- 2025-Sep-20: MSN: Arrest warrant issued for New York doctor indicted in Louisiana for prescribing abortion pill (New York, USA)
- 2025-Sep-20: Times of Malta: Activists call for abortion law reform ahead of Valletta rally: Activists gathered outside Mater Dei with a banner which read "I came for care and ended up in court" (Malta)
- 2025-Sep-20: Workers' Liberty: No complacency on access to abortion (England and Wales, United Kingdom)
- 2025-Sep-20: Lovin Malta: "Abortion Is Not A Crime": Protest To Be Held In Valletta After Woman Prosecuted (Malta)
- 2025-Sep-20: The Pillar: Paprocki "shocked" by Durbin's Chicago award: "This decision risks causing grave scandal," Bishop Thomas Paprocki said (Washington, DC, USA)
- 2025-Sep-20: MSN: DCA suspends 165 licenses over illegal sale of abortion kits across Telangana (Hyderabad, India)
- 2025-Sep-20: DW: Germany updates: Protesters rally over climate, abortion (multiple cities, Germany)
- 2025-Sep-20: Maryville Forum: Judge orders revisions to ballot language for Missouri abortion ban proposal (USA)
- 2025-Sep-20: State Affairs: Kansas Abortion Laws Face High-Stakes Trial This Fall (Kansas, USA)
- 2025-Sep-19: Harvard: The Petre-Flom Center: When Evidence Burns: Abortifacient Ideology and the FDA (USA)
- 2025-Sep-19: Caribbean Life: [New York Attorney General Letitia] James intervenes to bar Texas abortion bans (USA)
- 2025-Sep-19: Spectrum News 13: Wisconsin senator wants VA to maintain Biden-era abortion policy (Washington, DC, USA)
- 2025-Sep-19: IPAS: Ipas research shows hidden barriers to abortion access for adolescents in Africa
- 2025-Sep-19: SubStack Jessica: Are Republicans Hiding Infant and Maternal Mortality Data? Women are twice as likely to die during pregnancy in states with abortion bans (USA)
- 2025-Sep-19: Spectrum News NY1: Missouri Judge strikes down ballot summary for anti-abortion measure backed by Republican lawmakers (USA)
- 2025-Sep-18: The Squamish Chief: Texas has a new abortion pill law, but at least one provider plans to keep shipping them there: Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a first-of-its-kind law that lets anyone sue prescribers and others responsible for getting abortion pills into the state (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Sep-18: EFF: EFF, ACLU to SFPD: Stop Illegally Sharing Data With ICE and Anti-Abortion States (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Fox40 News: Bold Call to Action: "Abortion and The Senseless Assault on Reproductive Rights"
- 2025-Sep-17: Medium: Outlawed Podcast: Abortion Doctors Release Second Season (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: The Miami Hurricane: Abortion through a philosophical lens: moral
- 2025-Sep-17: Time Magazine: State Abortion Bans Are Creating a Doctor Shortage (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Luxembourg Times: Cardinal's "totalitarian" claims spark backlash over abortion rights: Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich said enshrining right to abortion in Luxembourg's constitution risked turning democracy into totalitarianism (Luxembourg)
- 2025-Sep-17: Florida Politics: Kelly Skidmore files bill to end state funding for anti-abortion pregnancy centers (Florida, USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Oregon Captial Chronicle: Oregon Democratic lawmakers form work group to brainstorm abortion access policy: Work group will focus on how state can reimburse Planned Parenthood for services (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Louisiana Illuminator: Abortion bans push families deeper into poverty and drive up crime, economists say: Researchers found a "strikingly large" relationship between restrictions on abortion and property crime, underscoring the connection between abortion bans and poverty (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Ms. Magazine: The Long Shadow of Dr. George Tiller: Abortion Providers Under Attack (USA)
- 2025-Sep-17: Hindustan Times: Man gets 20 years jail for raping 12-year-girl, forcing abortion in 2021 (India)
- 2025-Sep-17: Bloomberg: South Carolina Fails to Stave Off Abortion Ban Exception Lawsuit (USA)
- 2025-Sep-16: Ms. Magazine: Murder, Pardons, and Impunity: How Antiabortion Violence Escalated Under [Donald] Trump (USA)
- 2025-Sep-16: Fortune: Facebook, TikTok and even LinkedIn are censoring abortion content even when it's just medical information, rights groups say (USA)
- 2025-Sep-16: Zenit: [South] Korean [Catholic] bishops discuss abortion law with lawmakers (South Korea)
- 2025-Sep-16: Yahoo! News: Ohio's abortion ban is unconstitutional. Why is the state still fighting for it? (USA)
- 2025-Sep-16: NPR: The U.S. said it would burn $9.7 million of birth control; its fate is still unclear
- 2025-Sep-15: EFF: Our "Stop Censoring Abortion" Campaign Uncovers a Social Media Censorship Crisis
- 2025-Sep-15: Christian Concern: Abortion activist judge reported over concerns of impartiality in pro-life case (Ireland)
- 2025-Sep-14: Arkansas Times: 70 years of wisdom from an abortion rights icon (USA)
- 2025-Sep-14: National Review: This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—September 14 (Ohio, USA)
- 2025-Sep-14: Ms. Magazine: Why Attempts to Stop the Flow of Abortion Pills Into Texas Will Fail (USA)
- 2025-Sep-14: Drug Topics: Inadequate Contraceptive Information Hinders Equity in Reproductive Care (USA)
- 2025-Sep-13: El Pais: Menstruation apps: What happens to your data and how it can be used to criminalize abortion: Two investigations warn about how data collected through menstrual tracking apps can be used by governments to monitor people's reproductive lives, and by companies to make a profit
- 2025-Sep-13: The Dallas Morning News: Public Editor: Grading the "Standard of Fear" series on abortion (USA)
- 2025-Sep-12: ABC: Supreme Court gives Queensland hospital permission to terminate 12-year-old girl's pregnancy (Australia)
- 2025-Sep-12: Bloomberg Law: [Amy Coney] Barrett Says Security Tightened After Abortion Opinion Leak (USA)
- 2025-Sep-12: News18: "Baby Would Be Delivered": Charlie Kirk's Anti-Abortion Views Resurface Hours After His Killing
- 2025-Sep-11: 14850: Reproductive Rights Film Festival brings free screenings and virtual programs to Ithaca (New York, USA)
- 2025-Sep-11: MSN: Once staunchly anti-abortion, Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial candidate [Stacy] Garrity pivots on the issue (USA)
- 2025-Sep-11: WHO: Webinar for 2025-Sep-23: New language editions of the Clinical practice handbook for quality abortion care
- 2025-Sep-11: Politico: Establishment GOP pick in Pennsylvania governor race looks to pivot from her anti-abortion past: State treasurer Stacy Garrity abortion-proofs her campaign, even if it poses risks in a potential primary (Pennsylvania, USA)
- 2025-Sep-10: KPFA: Anti-Abortion: Gateway to the Far Right (Democracy Now!; USA)
- 2025-Sep-10: Internation Confederation of Midwives: Global Trends in Opposition to Women's Reproductive Autonomy
- 2025-Sep-10: WHO: International Safe Abortion Day 2025 (September 28)
- 2025-Sep-10: NPR: California considers allowing doctors to prescribe abortion drugs anonymously (USA)
- 2025-Sep-10: Yahoo! News: [Donald] Trump paid El Salvador $5M to jail deportees -- with conditions on abortion and DEI but not preventing torture (USA)
- 2025-Sep-09: CBC: Advocates call for more space for Yukon's only dedicated abortion clinic: Opal Clinic's new location in Whitehorse hospital puts patient privacy at risk, women's group says (Yukon, Canada)
- 2025-Sep-09: Washington Standard: Washington plans to destroy 30K expiring abortion pills: The state paid nearly $1.3 million for the mifepristone doses in 2023 out of fear access could be restricted (USA)
- 2025-Sep-09: WHO: Webinar for 2025-Sep-24: Human rights in comprehensive abortion care: Launching WHO Academy's new online course on rights-based abortion care
- 2025-Sep-08: The Texas Tribune: NY attorney general will intervene in Texas abortion pill access lawsuit: Letitia James, New York's attorney general, said Texas has no authority to "impose its cruel abortion ban here" (USA)
- 2025-Sep-08: New York Times: States Heading Toward Constitutional Showdown Over Abortion Shield Laws: Texas and New York are at the leading edge of an escalating States' rights battle over the mailing of abortion pills to patients in states with bans (USA)
- 2025-Sep-08: The 19th: Telehealth abortion could end up in front of the Supreme Court with this latest move: In a suit brought by Texas, New York Attorney General Letitia James will defend her state's abortion shield laws, which protect health providers offering telehealth abortions to people living under bans (USA)
- 2025-Sep-08: Yahoo! News: "Mean guy": [Donald] Trump rips into [Joe] Biden at Bible Museum for going after anti-abortion activists and January 6 [2021] rioters (USA)
- 2025-Sep-07: Slate: Want an IUD, but You're Afraid of the Pain? Try an Abortion Provider: The catch? Access to these doctors might be disappearing because of Republican attacks on women's reproductive rights (USA)
- 2025-Sep-06: The Georgia Straight: Dayglo Abortions released from jail in Ohio, with police promptly loading up on band T-shirts (Canadian band; USA)
- 2025-Sep-05: Intelligencer: The Explosive Lawsuit Challenging a Right-Wing Abortion-Pill Story
- 2025-Sep-05: The Conversation: Infant mortality rises in states with restrictive abortion laws -- new research (USA)
- 2025-Sep-04: KFF: State and Federal Reproductive Rights and Abortion Litigation Tracker (USA)
- 2025-Sep-04: MSNBC: Texas GOP approves ban on mail-order abortion pills and makes it easier to sue providers (USA)
- 2025-Sep-04: National Women's Law Center: The Anti-Abortion Movement Has Been Pushing a "Fetal Personhood" Strategy -- It's Not What You Think
- 2025-Sep-04: The Guardian: RFK Jr. hints access to key abortion drug could be cut back: Health secretary claims Biden officials "twisted the data" despite research showing mifepristone is safe and effective (USA)
- 2025-Sep-03: C-SPAN: House & Senate Democrats on Veterans Affairs Abortion Ban (USA)
- 2025-Sep-03: The Guardian: Trump's aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV - report: Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted (East Africa)
- 2025-Sep-03: Yahoo! News: Active-duty troops and veterans flood Trump administration website over cuts to abortion care: "Was my service to my country for naught?" (USA)
- 2025-Sep-02: Courier Journal: Is abortion legal in Kentucky? More on commonwealth's laws, nearby states (USA)
- 2025-Sep-02: Ms. Magazine: HealthHow Texas (USA) Abortion Restrictions Are Driving Doctors Away: "By Following the Law, I Was Doing the Wrong Thing Medically"
- 2025-Sep-02: BMC: Late request for safe abortion and its determinants among reproductive age women in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis (Etheopia)
- 2025-Sep-01: The New Yorker: Do State Referendums on Abortion Work? Missouri voters approved a measure to protect abortion rights, but opponents have repeatedly blocked it from taking effect (USA)
- 2025-Sep-01: Euractiv: Commission to weigh abortion fund after pro-choice initiative: "This is the first time that the Commission has to consider abortion rights based on citizens' will," said Nika Kovač, organiser of the initiative (Europe)
- 2025-Aug-30: Hindustan Times: Is abortion illegal in India? Sonologist busts 6 myths about unplanned pregnancy: Know if your partner's consent matters (India)
- 2025-Aug-30: Vatican News: Korean bishops relaunch Pro-Life Movement amid abortion, euthanasia debates
- 2025-Aug-29: MSNBC: Texas moves a step closer to clearing way for civil lawsuits against abortion pill providers (USA)
- 2025-Aug-28: National Review: D.C. Pro-Lifers File Complaint Against Late-Term Abortion Doctor (Washington, DC, USA)
- 2025-Aug-28: Amnesty International: Poland: End investigation into conduct of doctor who provided a lawful late-term abortion
- 2025-Aug-28: RadioIQ WVTF: Why abortion is on the ballot in November (Virgina, USA)
- 2025-Aug-28: California State: Attorney General Bonta Issues Statement Ahead of Tomorrow’s Hearing in Defense of Emergency Abortion Care in Humboldt County (California, USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: Economic Confidential: How Conflict Zones in Nigeria Deny Women, Girls Their Reproductive Rights (Nigeria, West Africa)
- 2025-Aug-25: Politics Web: Dedicated surgical list for women's reproductive health welcomed: The DA in Western Cape welcomes the Groote Schuur Hospital's launch of dedicated surgical list for women's reproductive health (Western Cape, South Africa)
- 2025-Aug-25: Vanguard: Inclusive Health: Addressing the Overlooked Sexual and Reproductive Needs of Adolescents with Disabilities (Nigeria, West Africa)
- 2025-Aug-25: The New York Times: We Cannot Let America Abandon Female Veterans (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: Prince William Times: Abortion is on the ballot signs; again, since November 2023 (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: Ms. Magazine: Women's Equality Day Has Never Been More Urgent (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: CT News Junkie: Connecticut Joins States Seeking To Ease Federal Restrictions On Abortion Pill (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: KOIN: Washington, Oregon join states urging FDA to lift restrictions on abortion pill (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: 8 News Now: Patients traveling to Planned Parenthood in North Las Vegas for abortion medication (USA)
- 2025-Aug-25: The Salem News: Letter: A woman's right to control her own body (Ipswich, Suffolk, England)
- 2025-Aug-25: BRNO Daily: Large Majority of Czechs Support Abortion and Euthanasia Rights, Says Survey (Czechia)
- 2025-Aug-25: Counting Stars: This is how nazism used the promotion of abortion to perpetrate genocide (documents and testimonies collected in the minutes of the Nuremberg Trials)
- 2025-Aug-25: Ms. Magazine: Keeping Score: Democrats Fight Republican Redistricting; Periods Make College Students Miss Class; Costco Refuses to Sell (Safe, Legal) Abortion Pills to Appease Antiabortion Politics (USA)
- 2025-Aug-24: Evangelical Times: Date to be set for trial of pastor arrested for preaching John 3:16 [from the Holy Bible] (Ireland)
- 2025-Aug-24: The Daily: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker Punches Back to Protect Women: Public colleges in Illinois will now provide contraception and medication abortion, thanks to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's ongoing fight to protect women's rights (Illinois, USA)
- 2025-Aug-24: Democrat Gazette: US judge in Hawaii hears mifepristone case (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA)
- 2025-Aug-24: The Center Square: Illinois expands campus abortion access, shields doctors from legal risk (USA)
- 2025-Aug-24: McGill Internation Review: Welcome to Unplanned America: What's at Stake in the Fight Over Planned Parenthood (USA)
- 2025-Aug-24: St. Louis American: Rising pregnancy prosecutions threaten rights and health care access (USA)
- 2025-Aug-23: The Observer: Farage's £13,000 speech to anti-abortion extremists: Reform leader's praise for the "grassroots army" raises questions about his stance on their extreme views (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Aug-23: WJBD: New laws aim to shield providers of abortion meds, ban ticketing in schools (Springfield, Illinois, USA)
- 2025-Aug-23: NDTV: Kerala Congress MLA Rahul Mamkootathil's Alleged "Abortion" Tape Leaked (Kerala, India)
- 2025-Aug-22: AOL: Planned Parenthood files legal challenge to protect Medicaid funding in South Carolina (USA)
- 2025-Aug-22: Independent: DA dropped charges against woman arrested for having an abortion after public outcry (Texas, USA)
- 2025-Aug-22: Slate: You Might Be Shocked Which State Is Prosecuting a Stillbirth as a Murder (Maryland, USA)
- 2025-Aug-22: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gov. Shapiro joins push for FDA to remove restrictions on abortion medication (Pennsylvania, USA)
- 2025-Aug-22: AZ Mirror: Arizona (USA) leads push to remove federal restrictions on most common abortion pill
- 2025-Aug-21: Business In Vancouver: Mario Canseco: Support for abortion rights reaches highest level since 2013, survey finds: Only eight per cent of Canadians want abortion banned entirely, while 62 per cent see no point in reopening the debate, according to a new Research Co. poll (Canada)
- 2025-Aug-21: Research Co.: Support for Continuation of Legal Abortion Access Rises in Canada
- 2025-Aug-21: Ripples Nigeria: Police detains health worker over illegal abortion in Akwa Ibom (Nigeria)
- 2025-Aug-21: Wisconsin Examiner: Women in states with abortion bans are the biggest users of abortion telemedicine (USA)
- 2025-Aug-20: MSN: Ulster lawmakers OK defense funds for county clerk in abortion fight with Texas (USA)
- 2025-Aug-20: UW Medicine: Dr. Keemi Ereme, a UW Medicine OB-GYN, warns of crises in abortion access and maternal care (USA)
- 2025-Aug-20: Yahoo! News: [Donald] Trump's new co-FBI deputy director once tried to subpoena abortion patients' records (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: AOL: Hillary Clinton: Supreme Court "will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion" (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: MSN: JD Vance has "learned lesson" on speaking for former President [Donald] Trump (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: Rewire News Group: These 3 OB-GYNs Won't Leave Texas (USA) -- Even as Abortion Bans Threaten Their Work: Our "communities still deserve strong OB-GYNs," one doctor said
- 2025-Aug-19: PRB: State Lawmakers (USA) Turn to Research Community in Efforts to Protect Abortion Access: "The challenges we face require all of us at the table working together to chart a more informed and inclusive path forward."
- 2025-Aug-19: Arkansas Times: Arkansas Abortion Support Network (USA) featured in Mother Jones
- 2025-Aug-19: The Hill: Hillary Clinton: Supreme Court "will do to gay marriage what they did to abortion" (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: NYC Health+Hospitals: NYC Health + Hospitals Receives $10.7 Million to Support Abortion Access Over Three Years: Funds support hiring abortion care providers, updated equipment, access to abortion doulas, and financial support for patients
- 2025-Aug-19: Ms. Magazine: In the Fall Issue of Ms. Magazine: The Dangerous Work of Advocating for Abortion Rights
- 2025-Aug-19: Feminist Majority Foundation: New Study Shows Abortion Bans Are Driving Doctors Out (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: OSV News: 6 pro-life activists face state charges for abortion clinic "rescue" in Pennsylvania (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: UIC Today: UIC study shows how abortion provider laws hinder access to women's health care
- 2025-Aug-19: SILive: Hillary Clinton warns that Supreme Court will overturn this hard-won American right next
- 2025-Aug-19: The Dallas Morning News: Texas' (USA) abortion ban has created a standard of fear, jeopardizing care for pregnant Texans
- 2025-Aug-19: IndyStar: Indiana Fever players to headline Carmel abortion rights fundraiser; what to know (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: Virginia Mercury: Abortion pill campaign targets rural West Virginia, Kentucky (USA) gas stations
- 2025-Aug-19: Axios: Abortion pill fight reaches pharmacy board rooms (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: Aleteia: Dominican Republic defends unborn in new penal code
- 2025-Aug-19: Bloomberg Law: Abortion Rule's Demise Spells Trouble for HHS Privacy Role (USA)
- 2025-Aug-19: KQED: California (USA) at the Center of New Legal Battles Over Abortion
- 2025-Aug-19: Maktoob Media: Study reveals inconsistencies in Indian court rulings on abortion between 2019 and 2024
- 2025-Aug-19: South China Morning Post: Chinese husband discovers during wife's abortion that unborn child is his neighbour's: Drunken husband of cheating wife flies into a rage about "secret affair," [and] attacks man who had sex with his partner with knife
- 2025-Aug-18: MSN: Doctors link 40% of maternal deaths to unsafe abortion (Nigeria)
- 2025-Aug-18: ABC News: Queensland Supreme Court judge rules 11-year-old girl should be allowed to have abortion (Australia)
- 2025-Aug-18: Feminist Majority Foundation: Massachusetts (USA) Expands Protections for Reproductive and Gender-Affirming Care
- 2025-Aug-18: Time Magazine: Here's What Real Pro-Family Policy Looks Like
- 2025-Aug-18: Virginia Mercury: Virginia (USA) abortion funds see sharp uptick in patients both in and out of state
- 2025-Aug-18: Nature Briefing: Factors influencing referral among women attending post abortion care at tertiary hospitals in Northern Uganda
- 2025-Aug-18: ABC: Appeals court overturns order that stripped some protections from pregnant Texas (USA) state workers: A federal appeals court has upheld a law strengthening the rights of pregnant workers, vacating a judge's earlier order that had stripped those protections from Texas state employees
- 2025-Aug-16: Hyderabad News: South sees disturbing spike: Telangana (India) records over 900% rise in abortions in 5 years; highest among all states
- 2025-Aug-16: The Hill: Senate Democrat rips Costco for "refusing to sell" abortion pills (USA)
- 2025-Aug-15: Herald Malaysia: Korean bishops slam abortion amendment: South Korea's Catholic bishops have strongly opposed a proposed amendment to the country's abortion law, warning it undermines the right to life and could normalise abortion as a "routine medical procedure" (Seoul, South Korea)
- 2025-Aug-15: Feminist Majority Foundation: Four Years After the Fall, Afghan Women Are Still Fighting for Their Future (Afghanistan)
- 2025-Aug-15: Yahoo!: Abortion Pills That Give You Superpowers? Women's Healthcare Is Now the Stuff of Fantasy Films
- 2025-Aug-15: Nova Scotia Health: Remembering Dr. Jacques Desrosiers: The steady force behind reproductive rights in Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2025-Aug-15: Scimex: Anti-abortion stigma could be holding breast cancer research back
- 2025-Aug-15: The Guardian: Abortion drug could help reduce risk of breast cancer, group of medics says
- 2025-Aug-15: BBC: Woman arrested at anti-abortion protest faces no further action
- 2025-Aug-14: Western Standard: Poll shows Poilievre's abortion stance at odds with Battle River–Crowfoot voters (Alberta, Canada)
- 2025-Aug-14: Delta Optimist: Maine (USA) clinics fight to restore Medicaid funds after Trump's cuts to abortion providers
- 2025-Aug-14: Advocate: Texas [USA] woman charged with murder for abortion accuses police of "maliciously abusing their power": Texas officials are trying to get a lawsuit dismissed under qualified immunity after wrongly charging a woman with murder for having an abortion
- 2025-Aug-14: SCALAWAG: South Carolina [USA] providers push back against faith-based assaults on abortion care
- 2025-Aug-14: Tuscon Sentinel: Tucson congressional [Democrat] candidate [JoAnna] Mendoza knocks proposed VA abortion ban
- 2025-Aug-14: KUOW: Religious groups pressure retail pharmacies, including Costco, not to carry abortion drug
- 2025-Aug-14: CounterPunch: Reproductive Freedom and Bodily Autonomy for All
- 2025-Aug-14: World News Group: Ruling: Nuns' group must have abortion coverage
- 2025-Aug-14: The Argonaut: OPINION: Idaho is one state of many experiencing the negative impacts of overturning Roe v. Wade: A reflection on the harm done since the criminalization of abortion in many states
- 2025-Aug-13: Ms. Magazine: A [Donald] Trump Cabinet Member Endorsed a Pastor Who Wants the 19th Amendment Repealed, and the Danger Is Growing (USA)
- 2025-Aug-13: Feminist Majority Foundation: Abortion Rights for Veterans Under Fire
- 2025-Aug-13: Popular Information: Your favorite brands are funding anti-abortion legal campaigns: Big-name companies are donating to a powerful political group using the legal system to expand abortion restrictions nationwide
- 2025-Aug-13: The Intercept: Veterans Are "Guinea Pigs" in Trump's First National Abortion Ban Experiment: They're testing what they want to do with the rest of the country on us,” one veteran told The Intercept
- 2025-Aug-12: Missouri Independent: Missouri (USA) AG erred in asking Supreme Court to overturn order legalizing abortion
- 2025-Aug-12: ACLU: New Filing Reveals Gross Abuse of Power by Texas (USA) Officials who Engaged in Wrongful Prosecution of Abortion
- 2025-Aug-12: Mother Jones: Report: Half of [Donald] Trump's Judicial Nominees Have Anti-Abortion Records (Trump is quietly packing the federal courts with abortion opponents)
- 2025-Aug-11: Bloomberg: Telehealth Abortions Centered in Poor States With Few Options
- 2025-Aug-11: The Guardian: Medication abortions drove up number of US procedures after Roe's repeal, study shows
- 2025-Aug-11: Stat: As use of telehealth for medication abortion grows, new data offer window into patient population: Prescriptions by a major provider suggest telehealth has "changed the abortion care landscape"
- 2025-Aug-10: Global News: How [Donald] Trump's judicial picks could reshape abortion rights for decades
- 2025-Aug-09: AOL: Eleven domestic workers arrested over illegal abortions in Hong Kong
- 2025-Jul-31: CBC: Trump administration to burn $13M worth of female contraceptives, despite NGO's offer to take them: MSI Reproductive Choices says the government's rebuke is a "clear signal that this is an ideological position" (USA)
- 2025-Jul-30: McGill University: Pearl Eliadis on the Legal Justification for Abortion Clinic Buffer Zones | CBC
- 2025-Jul-28: SCALAWAG: Georgia [USA] tried to ban abortions; Telehealth offers a new alternative
- 2025-Jul-24: MSN: Senator Angus King Admits His Vote For Anti-Abortion Judge Was "A Mistake" (Maine, USA)
- 2025-Jul-24: PBS: Most U.S. adults think abortion should be legal 3 years after Roe was overturned, poll shows
- 2025-Jul-17: The Moscow Times: "Give Me a Choice": Activists Urge Russian Doctors to Defend Women's Right to Abortion
- 2025-Jul-13: AOL: Journalist Ana Kasparian on her viral pro-choice video and why faith and politics should remain separate
- 2025-Jul-08: Catholic Register: U.S. abortion cuts give hope to Canadian pro-lifers
- 2025-Jul-07: The New York Times: Tracking Abortion Laws Across the Country (USA): Where abortion bans are in effect
- 2025-Jul-02: NBC: Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's 1849 near-total abortion ban; Abortion providers in the state resumed the procedure in 2023 after a judge ruled that a more recent law superseded the 176-year-old ban
- 2025-Jun-27: University of Victoria: Grant for culturally safe abortion support hotline
- 2025-Jun-17: Cosmopolitan: Women will *finally* no longer be at risk of prosecution when it comes to abortion: This marks the biggest change to abortion laws in England and Wales since the 1960s (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Jun-16: BBC: MPs to vote on decriminalising abortion - how the law could change (United Kingdom)
- 2025-Jun-16: Globe and Mail: Border bill powers would allow warrantless police requests to doctors, abortion clinics, hotels
- 2025-Jun-12: Pew Research: Public Opinion on Abortion (1995-2024 Fact Sheet)
- 2025-Jun-04: Politico: Abortion: Europe's not as liberal as you think: While the global focus is on America's reversal of long-standing abortion rights, a surprising number of European women still have to travel to terminate pregnancies
- 2025-May-08: SOGC: Protecting the Right to Choose: SOGC Statement for Women's Health Week
- 2025-Apr-26: Reproductive Rights: Red Flag #2: Cut Public Health Programs and Censored Critical Reproductive Health Information (USA)
- 2025-Apr-24: Catholic Register: [Prime Minister Mark] Carney puts faith in Canada's abortion extremism
- 2025-Apr-17: Greenpeace: Abortion: Pierre Poilievre and the [Canadian] Conservative Party Don't Have a Good Track Record
- 2025-Apr-14: UBC: Why abortion rates are rising abroad—but not in Canada: Dr. Laura Schummers' latest research shows Canada's abortion rate remaining relatively stable, in contrast to other countries where it has risen dramatically
- 2025-Apr-10: newsGP: Health groups call on candidates to reveal abortion support: The RACGP has joined forces with 39 high-profile health groups, calling on political parties to support improving abortion access for all (Australia)
- 2025-Apr-09: Amnesty International: Australia must learn from the United States rollback on abortion rights
- 2025-Mar-29: CBC: Vancouver abortion clinic to close after 35 years, raising concerns over access: Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic cites funding uncertainty, lease issues and system changes as reasons for decision
- 2025-Mar-13: The Jamestown Foundation: Abortion Tourism on the Rise in Russia as Regions Adopt Different Policies (publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor, volume 22 issue 34)
- 2025-Mar-07: THe Guardian: "There's no other solution": Polish abortion centre opens in challenge to strict laws (Poland)
- 2025-Mar-03: CBC: Yukon woman shines light on the cracks in abortion access in the territory: Prohibitive costs, limited services, and stigma make obtaining abortion care challenging, say some physicians
- 2025-Feb-23: The Lancet: Abortion care in Alberta, Canada, from 2012 to 2023: a population-based, cross-sectional analysis of use and geographical access
- 2025-Feb-18: OkayAfrica: Sierra Leone's Abortion Access Bill Could Make History, but it Faces Pushback: From religious groups to a lack of adequate sensitization, the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Healthcare bill faces a range of challenges that could further endanger the people who need it the most
- 2025-Jan-23: Christian Network Europe: Banning abortion seems easy, but it is difficult for Russia
- 2025-Jan-21: SWI: Abortion in Europe: a right for some, a fight for millions of others
- 2025-Jan-14: ARCC: New Westminster Passes Bylaw to Control Harmful Graphic Flyers
- 2025-Jan-13: CCLA: Canadian Civil LIberties Association Announces Victory and Discontinues Abortion Access Challenge in New Brunswick
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- 2024-Dec-04: Think Global Health: Argentina's Abortion Law Three Years Later: The country's abortion law has reduced fertility rates and preventable deaths among girls ages 10 to 14
- 2024-Nov-30: RNZ: Remembering the lives lost to illegal abortion in NZ (New Zealand)
- 2024-Oct-29: Canadian Department of Finance: Government of Canada protecting reproductive freedom and covering essential health care costs
- 2024-Oct-17: The Moscow Times: Russian Orthodox Church to Promote "Miracle of Birth" in Anti-Abortion Letters to Pregnant Women
- 2024-Sep-28: Canadian Government: Statement by the Prime Minister on International Safe Abortion Day ("Abortion is health care. Family planning is health care. It's that simple." -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau)
- 2024-Sep-26: Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Five reasons why abortion is health care: Access to safe abortion care has a real impact on people's lives and health, from preventing unsafe abortions and complications to upholding bodily autonomy
- 2024-Sep-17: National Women's Law Centre: Project 2025: What It Means for Women, Families, and Gender Justice (USA)
- 2024-Sep-09: New Lines Magazine: India's Abortion Laws Offer Pregnant Women an Illusion of Choice: Complicated, overlapping and contradictory legislation places decisions in the hands of the medical and judicial establishments
- 2024-Jul-27: le News: Swiss court decides fathers have no say in abortion (Switzerland)
- 2024-May-31: Reproductive Rights: Texas Supreme Court Rules Against Women Denied Abortion Care Despite Dangerous Pregnancy Complications (Texas, USA)
- 2024-Mar-19: Guttmacher: Medication Abortion Accounted for 63% of All US Abortions in 2023—An Increase from 53% in 2020
- 2024-Mar-05: Human Rights Watch: France Protects Abortion as a "Guaranteed Freedom" in Constitution: Other Governments Should Follow Suit, Improve Protections for Reproductive Freedom (France)
- 2024-Jan-24: NBC News: 64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates: The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states (USA)
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