A New York resident has sued the largest hospital system in New York over charges of discrimination. She claims she was denied medicine for a serious medical condition because she was of "childbearing age", and that the drugs could harm the hypothetical foetus.

'Where do we draw the line?': New York woman denied crucial medicine for being in 'childbearing age'

Jessica Burgess, a resident of Nebraska in the United States, has been sentenced to two years in prison for helping her teenage daughter obtain abortion pills. This development comes in the wake of charges filed against both of them for their collaborative efforts to terminate Celeste Burgess' pregnancy.

US mom gets two years in jail for helping teen daughter acquire abortion pills

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court of Mexico decriminalised abortion on Thursday (September 7) across the country. “The First Chamber of the Court ruled that the legal system that penalises abortion in the Federal Criminal Code is unconstitutional since it violates the human rights of women and people with the capacity to gestate,” said the Supreme Court on social media.

Mexico's Supreme Court decriminalises abortion across country

Mexico's Supreme Court has once again taken a bold step towards securing abortion rights for women. Nationwide it has struck down a federal law criminalizing abortion. This reaffirms the 2021 ruling that the criminal penalty for abortion is unconstitutional.

Mexican Supreme Court strikes down federal law criminalising abortion

The fight for legal and safe abortion continues in the United States a new audience reports a court of appeals in New Orleans court of appeals ruled to limit access to abortion pills.

US court limits access to abortion pills: Biden administration to appeal against ruling

An 11-year-old child was found pregnant earlier this month she'd been repeatedly raped by her stepfather and the incident only came to light after the girl started showing a pregnant tummy at 4.5 months of pregnancy. She knocked on hospital door after hospital but all of them denied her an abortion because abortion is illegal in Peru and it's considered a crime that deserves to be punished. Rights groups in fact took the matter into their hands only after immense pressure from the United Nations the girl child was finally operated upon.

11-year-old fought for abortion after being raped by stepfather

For the first time in the history of the Defense Department, three services are operating without a confirmed senior military commander in place as another US military service leader handed over command without a Senate-approved successor in place. The continuous struggle between the Pentagon and pro-abortion groups is turning into a full-fledged defense catastrophe for the United States.

US: Pentagon's efforts to aid abortion in focus

A UK woman who was sent to jail after she obtained abortion pills to terminate her pregnancy during the Covid pandemic will be released following a court decision on Tuesday (July 18).

Court sets free UK woman jailed for illegally obtaining abortion pills, terms it 'sad' case

Legal & medical standards defined by the WHO aim to improve access to safe abortion. Abortion conversation in Africa going the opposite direction to the US.

Is Africa becoming liberal with abortions?

June 24, 2023, marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion. As a result, 25 million women now live in states where it is more difficult to terminate a pregnancy.

One year since Roe v. Wade was overturned

US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to strengthen access to contraception in the United States, as the country nears the one-year anniversary of a Supreme Court decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

US: Joe Biden unveils new order to protect access to contraception

US President Joe Biden sees Reproductive Rights as a galvanizing issue for Waters in The 2024 elections. Biden said that his administration is fighting for the production protection of reproductive rights for women including the conversion of abortion rights into a federal law.

Joe Biden: Must protect reproductive rights

A Judge has ruled that, for now, abortion pills will remain legal in the United States of Wyoming. The judge's ruling means that while a lawsuit proceeds, the state's first-in-the-nation law banning access to medical abortion medicine won't take effect on July 1st as planned.

US: Wyoming judge stays state's first-in-nation ban on abortion pills

Amanda Zurawski, a resident of Texas, almost died waiting for an abortion she desperately didn't want.

"I Nearly Died": Texas Abortion case reveals new US reality

A British woman on Monday (June 12) was sentenced to 14 months in prison for lying about her pregnancy to secure abortion-causing drugs during the pandemic lockdown.

British woman sentenced to 14 months in prison for abortion during Covid lockdown

The Catholic-majority country of Malta, enforcing its strict ban on abortions, on Thursday charged a woman for having terminated a pregnancy. The woman, reportedly, had a medical abortion at home which goes against the country's complete ban on the practice.

Malta: Woman accused of having abortion at home charged by court

A judge has issued a temporary halt to South Carolina's new law that bans most abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy. The Friday ruling by Judge Clifton Newman came shortly after Governor Henry McMaster signed the bill into law.

South Carolina judge temporarily blocks abortion ban, pending Supreme Court review

North Carolina's Republican-led General Assembly moved Tuesday to ban most abortions after 12 weeks, voting to override a veto from Democratic Governor Roy Cooper. The bill now becomes law and takes effect July 1.

North Carolina GOP overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit

North Carolina Democratic Governor Roy Cooper on Saturday vetoed a bill that would ban most abortions after 12 weeks, a move the Republican supermajority in the state legislature is expected to quickly override, allowing the bill to become law.

North Carolina governor vetoes abortion limits, launches override showdown

Japanese health ministry panel has formally approved a pill to terminate early-stage pregnancy, The Japan Times reported. The abortion pill will be available in the country for the first time and will provide an alternative to a surgical procedure.

Japan health ministry formally approves abortion pill for the first time

A win for women in Japan, the government has approved its first abortion pill. Tokyo has allowed two-party consent abortion up to 22 weeks of pregnancy. The decision follows a ministry panel endorsement which was postponed for a month.

Japan's first abortion pill 'Mifepristone' allows abortion up to  9 weeks | World News | WION

The Delhi High Court on Friday (April 28) allowed a minor Nepalese girl who had been the victim of gang rape to have her pregnancy medically terminated at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash (LNJP) Hospital since it had lasted longer than the legal limit of 24 weeks.

Indian court allows minor rape survivor from Nepal to abort 27-week pregnancy

The US Supreme Court has preserved access to a commonly used abortion pill, ruling the drug can remain available while a legal case continues. In a split decision, it also rejected restrictions on mifepristone implemented by a lower court, essentially maintaining the status quo.

Mifepristone: US Supreme Court preserves abortion drug access

The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily protected the availability of the common abortion drug Mifepristone. In order to give judges more time to evaluate whether lower court orders barring approval of the medicine should be permitted to take effect, the course has issued an administrative stay that will keep the lower coach limits in place for five days until Wednesday.

US Supreme Court temporarily pauses abortion pill restrictions

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