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'Abortion Doesn't Protect Moms, It's Killing Babies Because You Couldn't Keep Your Skirt Down', Says North Carolina's Mark Robinson
NC's GOP candidate, Mark Robinson, escalates anti-abortion rhetoric by referring to it as murder and using his wife's abortion in his gubernatorial campaign.
Anti-Abortion Activity is Increasing in the UK
According to the Good Law Project, the donations put towards the UK branch of the "hate group" Alliance Defending Freedom, have doubled.
Outrage in UK as woman gets sentenced to prison over an abortion
A court in the UK sentenced a woman to 28 months in prison for terminating her pregnancy after the permissible legal ten-week window had passed.
Texas man accused of slipping abortion drug into pregnant wife's drink
A Texas man allegedly tried to end his wife's pregnancy surreptitiously by slipping abortion drugs into her drinks.
China To Discourage Abortions To Boost Low Birth Rate
China will discourage abortions and take steps to make fertility treatment more accessible as part of efforts to boost one of the world's lowest birth rates, its National Health Authority said on Tuesday.
UK owes apology for 'grave wrong' of forced adoptions: inquiry
Schools, churches and social services would direct pregnant young women to adoption agencies, often instructing their parents without consulting the women themselves.
Ohio's ban on abortions forces 10-year-old rape victim to travel to Indiana
Days after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a 10-year-old rape victim had to travel all the way to Indiana from Ohio to get an abortion.
The Experiences That Led These U.S. Abortion Opponents To Activism
For a Mississippi doctor, it was a glimpse of a fetal arm.
With Pills And Burner Phones, Mexican Abortion Activists Prepare For Roe V. Wade Overturn
Abril, a 22-year-old college student, has a plan if Roe v.
El Salvador woman gets 30 years in jail for 'homicide' after miscarriage
A woman in El Salvador has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated homicide after she suffered an obstetric emergency and lost her unborn baby.
US companies break long silence on abortion rights
Amazon, Uber and even the bank Citigroup have all announced they will cover the additional costs that the Texas legislation might cause for their employees.
Pregnancy trap for workers in controversial Japan scheme
Japan's health ministry says 637 technical interns quit because of pregnancy or childbirth between 2017 and 2020
Another US state passes abortion 'bounty hunter' law
Right-wing politicians have launched a full-frontal assault on abortion, a deeply divisive issue in the United States that is dear to their voters' hearts.
Colombia decriminalizes abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy: court
Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to decriminalize abortion access
Boxer beats pregnant girlfriend and unborn child to death
The man left his dying partner at the hospital and was arrested at the couple's home after the woman's death.
Kanye West is 'concerned for the world' and abortion of 'black babies'
The American rapper and is wife of six years Kim Kardashian are having a strained relationship, claim sources.
Man murders pregnant former partner for refusing to abort child
To prevent his current partner from knowing that he had impregnated his ex-girlfriend, a man murdered the eight-month pregnant woman.
Teenager who stabbed pregnant classmate to death gets 65 years behind bars
A teen who stabbed a girl to death for delaying to tell him she was pregnant with his child, will be serving a 65-year prison sentence.
Google suspends all ads related to Irish abortion referendum
Anti-abortion groups based in the United States are among the organizations that have bought online ads in Ireland during the referendum campaign.
Google Maps is sending vulnerable women seeking abortions to pro-life clinics
Anti-abortion activists are writing fake reviews and listing abortion clinics as permanently closed in a bid to show more "crisis pregnancy centres" in the search results.
Fetuses can't feel pain after 20 weeks - so why did the US almost base a law on that idea?
The Senate blocked the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which backers claimed protected foetuses.
What is Natural Cycles? Contraceptive app used by over 500,000 women blamed for 37 unwanted pregnancies
"(The app) works by saying 'You can't have sex now', but young people don't function like that," gynaecologist Lena Marions said.
Pregnant woman 'punched herself in abdomen and had relative sit on stomach' in abortion attempt
Police say a US woman who allegedly punched herself in the abdomen and allowed a relative to sit on her stomach to end a pregnancy is now at the centre of a homicide investigation.
'My sexual health shouldn't depend on college morals': Catholic Notre Dame uni halts birth control
Students at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana have slammed it for cutting insurance coverage for the contraceptive pill.
Anti-abortion charity to receive £250,000 from tampon tax funds
A quarter of a million pounds of the money raised by the tampon tax will be given to an anti-abortion charity, the government has confirmed.
I travelled from Northern Ireland to have an abortion and was called a murderer
On the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, women in Ireland are still struggling for the same freedom.
Twitter rejects Marsha Blackburn's Senate campaign video over 'baby body parts' comment
The social media giant has come under fire after rejecting the video from paid promotion over Blackburn saying she stopped "the sale of baby body parts".
There are 25 million unsafe abortions in the world every year
97% of procedures carrying serious risk are performed in developing countries.
India rape victim, 13, requests Supreme Court's approval for abortion
The girl was allegedly raped by her father's colleague and is 30 weeks pregnant.
Rape victim, 10, gives birth to baby girl after Indian Supreme Court refused abortion
The baby will be put up for adoption.