The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday (January 3), as more states seek to ban medication abortion.

US FDA allows abortion pills to be sold at retail pharmacies

Georgia's controversial LIFE abortion ban, which forbids abortions after around six weeks of pregnancy, has been reinstated by the state's Supreme court. The court has put on hold a lower court's overturning the ban as it considers an appeal by the state attorney general's office.

Georgia Supreme Court reinstates six-week abortion ban, just a week after it was deemed 'unconstitutional'

Outrage built in Poland over the weekend after the ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, was accused of being out of touch following his remarks made on Saturday which partly blamed the country's low birth rate on young women drinking too much alcohol.

Poland: Politician blames low birthrate on young women drinking alcohol, sparks outrage

The first attempt to do a countrywide count of abortions after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision found that in the first two months following the decision, legal abortions decreased by more than 10,000, or nearly 6%, throughout the US.

US: Data shows legal abortions fell by 6% in two months after overturning Roe v. Wade

Women in New Zealand will now be able to call in and request an abortion. In this process which will start on Tuesday (November 1), women will have access to medical abortion in the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.

Just a call away: After UK and Wales, New Zealand launches telemedicine services for abortion

Former American football star Herschel Walker, the Republican candidate for the US Senate from Georgia who has maintained a strong anti-abortion stance, has found himself mired deeper in controversy as a second woman has alleged that she had a six-year relationship with him while he was still married and playing for the Dallas Cowboys and Minnesota Vikings in the NFL and paid for her abortion when she became pregnant, said a BBC report.

Georgia GOP senate candidate Herschel Walker accused by two women of paying for abortions

In what comes as a minuscule victory for pro-abortion activists, courts in the US states of Ohio and Arizona on Friday halted abortion bans. Judge Peter J. Eckerstrom, heading a three-judge bench in Arizona, stated that the lower court may have erred in resurrecting the Civil War-era law.

USA: Courts halt ban on abortions in Ohio and Arizona

A judge in the American state of Indiana has blocked the enforcement of abortion ban temporarily by granting a preliminary injunction after Planned Parenthood and other healthcare providers challenged it in court.

Judge in Indiana stays enforcement of abortion ban, grants injunction 

Lawmakers in West Virginia in US on Tuesday (September 13) gave green light to a sweeping abortion ban. The bill prohibits abortion even in the earliest days of pregnancy.

Near-total abortion ban approved in West Virginia

On Tuesday (September 13), Lindsey Graham, a well-known Republican senator, unveiled a bill that would outlaw abortion after 15 weeks in all 50 US states. The bill has been heavily criticised by the White House and lawmakers and has very little chance of passing in the Democratic-held Senate.

US Senator Lindsey Graham proposes national 15-week abortion ban; White House criticises 

One of the congressmen who supported the original six-week ban is very troubled by the news that South Carolina is exploring a new, nearly absolute abortion ban.

'That weighs on me. I voted for that bill': Lawmaker regrets voting for abortion ban

Nancy Davis, 36, a pregnant Louisiana woman, is faced with the decision of carrying a skull-less child to term or travelling to another state for an abortion. Davis has retained an attorney as she becomes the most recent personification of the agonising choices some women are facing in the wake of the US Supreme Court's decision to abolish universal access to abortion in June.

‘I’m carrying it to bury it': Louisiana woman to make tough decision over her skull-less foetus abortion

Following two days of witness evidence from abortion specialists, providers, and the state's chief medical officer, a Michigan court on Friday barred county prosecutors from going forward with their plans to enforce the state's 1931 ban on abortion.

US: Judge blocks prosecutors from enforcing Michigan’s abortion ban

Two months after the United States took away women's right to safe abortion, now a case involving a Florida teen is sparking anger. The unidentified 16-year-old girl had approached the court seeking abortion on the grounds that she was still in school and "not ready to have a baby", reports AFP.

What a joke! US court says teen is mature enough to have a child but not an 'abortion'

Even as the state of women's rights in the United States faces a steady decline, unborn foetus rights are seeing an elevation. Now, the state of Georgia is giving unborn children the right to be considered a person.

Georgia provides 'unborn foetus' rights of a person, just weeks after taking away basic rights of women

It’s been more than a month since the Supreme Court of the United States or SCOTUS overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which enshrined American women's right to safe and legal abortion.

Texas woman forced to carry her foul discharge to hospital just so she can be 'granted' an abortion

The American nightmare is getting worse. A few weeks back, the United States' esteemed Supreme Court overturned a monumental judgement 'Roe V. Wade' which basically took away the nation's women's autonomy over their own bodies.

Republicans threaten Google: Include 'anti-abortion' crisis pregnancy centres in results for abortion or else

On June 24th, 2022, American women not only lost their right to a safe abortion, many say they lost the autonomy they had on their own bodies. Since then, unfortunately, many disheartening news stories have come to light, like that of a 10 years old rape victim having to travel 385 kilometres (200+ miles) for an abortion.

Roe v. Wade: Google location history of women remains vulnerable; YouTube to censor false videos on abortion

A US conservative politician while speaking to college students at a gathering in Florida ridiculed the American pro-choice movement and said that ugly women shouldn't worry about an abortion.

Republican politician tells college students 'nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb'

When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, everyone knew that some things would be harder to get, the most obvious one: Abortions. But who knew that this ruling would make the availability of some vital medicines very difficult.

An unlikely 'side-effect' of abortion ban, women can't buy arthritis medicine

A Mississippi court on Tuesday declines to block a near-total ban on abortions from coming into effect later this week. Judge Debbra Halford in Jackson, Mississippi denied a request by the state`s only abortion clinic to prevent officials from carrying out a near-total ban on abortion.

Mississippi court refuses to block implementation of abortion ban

TikTok, a short-format video hosting service, was initially launched as a platform for sharing byte-sized content like makeup tutorials, cooking recipes, dances etc.

Women in the US turn to TikTok's viral herbal abortion remedies as a desperate measure

The overturning of Roe v Wade by the United States Supreme Court was followed by a number of states passing “trigger laws” which were aimed at many abortions more challenging.

Louisville judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

Judges in US states of Florida and Kentucky have temporarily blocked these states from enforcing abortion ban, a week after the Supreme Court overruled the 1973 Wade decision that had given constitutional rights.

Kentucky, Florida judges join other US states in blocking enforcement of abortion ban

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