The overturning of Roe vs Wade by the United States supreme court has resulted in a number of states passing “trigger laws” aimed at banning or severely restricting abortions.

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The US Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the fifty-year-old federal constitutional right to abortion. The ruling will likely prompt new restrictive laws to be adopted in about half of the US states.

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With the United States Supreme Court rolling back Roe v Wade in its recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision, many companies like Disney and Meta in the US have stepped forward seeking to help their female employees.

Following overturning of Roe v Wade, Google offers 'relocation' to its employees

As the US Supreme Court decided to overturn the constitutional right to abortion giving states the freedom to ban the procedure, former US President Donald Trump declared it was the "biggest win for life in a generation".

Trump, Pence back US Supreme Court's verdict on abortion rights

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An American woman, who was admitted to a hospital with severe bleeding in her 16th week of pregnancy while holidaying in Malta, has been denied an abortion despite the doctors saying that her baby has “zero chance” of surviving.

Pregnant woman’s life in danger as Malta hospital prohibits abortion

The Oklahoma state becomes the first in the United States to sign into law a bill that bans nearly all abortions after fertilisation, imposing the country’s strictest ban yet.

Oklahoma state in United States implements the strictest abortion ban at conception

On Thursday, the Oklahoma state legislature passed a bill that lays a ban on abortions after approximately six weeks of pregnancy. The bill was passed in the Oklahoma House by a large majority, and even as it includes exceptions for medical emergencies, it has no provisions for cases involving rape and incest.

First Texas, now Oklahoma: Republican-led state passes law banning abortion after 6 weeks

Oklahoma lawmakers on Tuesday (April 5) passed a bill that would make it illegal to perform an abortion in the state except in medical emergencies, penalizing those who do with up to $100,000 in fines and 10 years in prison.

Oklahoma House passes near-total abortion ban with threat of prison for providers

Florida legislators voted to ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy on Thursday, a move that would severely restrict access to the procedure in a state that for decades has been a refuge for women from across the South.

Florida lawmakers vote to ban abortions after 15 weeks

When Vincy Li applied to a prestigious police academy graduate program in China, she knew her odds of success were low. After all, the school set quotas, typically capping the number of female students at no more than one-quarter of the student body.

As Chinese women seek to crack male professions, schools stand in the way

The Biden administration on Monday reversed a contentious policy set under President Donald Trump that barred organisations that provide abortion referrals from receiving federal family planning money.

Biden officials end ban on abortion referrals at federally funded clinics

(Trigger warning: Sexual assault) While a state in the US introduced a pandora's box with strict abortion laws that are being challenged in court by the federal government, less developed countries and even small islands are introducing progressive measures.

Wombs: The political battleground

Women marched by the thousands on Saturday on the Supreme Court, the Texas Capitol, and cities across the United States to protest increasing state restrictions on abortion.

Rallies held across the US against abortion ban

San Marino has voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing abortion in a referendum, overturning a law dating back to 1865.

San Marino celebrates historic vote, proposal to reverse 1865 abortion ban

On a windy Tuesday morning, the parking lot outside a small brick building on the Southside of Oklahoma City was filling up fast. The first to arrive, a red truck shortly before 8 a.

With abortion largely banned in Texas, an Oklahoma clinic is inundated

The US Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.”

US Justice Department sues Texas over state's new abortion law

The US President Joe Biden has openly condemned the US supreme court for rejecting to ban the abortion law. Biden said the supreme court judges, all appointed by former President Donald Trump, delivered an assault on a woman’s rights.

Joe Biden lashes out at US supreme court for Texas abortion law

Gibraltar was voting Thursday on plans to ease draconian abortion laws in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic. The issue has exposed sharply opposing views within the tiny, normally closely-knit British enclave at the southernmost tip of Spain, which is home to some 32,000 people.

Gibraltar votes in postponed abortion referendum

Belgium’s Prime Minister, Alexander de Croo, and five other government ministers from European countries have signed an open letter demanding an end to all legal barriers to abortion.

Global leaders call for end on abortion barriers

Tens of thousands of Poles have defied COVID-19 restrictions to protest against a new high court ruling that imposes a near-total ban on abortion, blocking major roads and bridges and chanting anti-government slogans.

Why a new abortion ban in Poland is tearing the country apart

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