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

US President Joe Biden vowed to make a law enshrining nationwide abortion rights his top priority if Democrats win their uphill battle for Congress in looming midterm elections.

US President Joe Biden attempts to put abortion battle at centre of midterms

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to wade into a case that seeks constitutional rights for foetuses. The apex court refused to step in and take the case without offering any comment after it overturned the Roe v.

US Supreme Court refuses to take up plea seeking constitutional rights for foetus  

Thousands marched in cities across the United States on Saturday to protest the Supreme Court's overturning of the federal right to abortion and to urge voters to turn out in a Democratic "blue wave" in next month's key midterm elections.

Thousands hit the streets across US states for abortion rights ahead of midterm election

Only a few weeks after the United States Supreme Court issued a contentious ruling allowing individual states to outright ban or severely restrict the ability of pregnant women to seek abortions, news of a similar case made headlines in India.

Data Lab | India’s Supreme Court gives nod to abortion, regardless of marital status

With November mid-term just a month away, the abortion debate is once again making headlines. Many democrats in the United States are pouring funds in for abortion-centered ads ahead of critical midterm elections.

Democrats focus on abortion rights ahead of US midterms

In the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe vs Wade, abortion has become a prohibitive act in several states. With the list of patients requiring the procedure increasing, Planned Parenthood, a nonprofit that provides sexual health care in the US and globally has announced plans to launch its first mobile abortion clinic.

Planned Parenthood to launch mobile abortion clinic: A 37-foot RV

India's supreme court delivered a historic judgment, guaranteeing the right to abortion for unmarried women. The court also clarified that the rights extend to pregnancies resulting from marital rape. Priyanka Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: India's supreme court reaffirms abortion rights

Pro-abortion activists took to the streets across the world on September 28 to mark International Safe Abortion Day. The pro-abortion protests were held in parts of Europe, Africa, Latin America.

WION Dispatch: Pro-abortion rallies seen around the world on September 28

India’s Supreme court on Thursday upheld the right of a woman to an abortion up to 24 weeks into pregnancy regardless of marital status. The top court also added that forceful pregnancy of a married woman can be treated as marital rape for the purposes of abortion.

WION Dispatch: India's Supreme court legalises abortion regardless of marital status

All women, married or unmarried, will have the right to safe and legal abortion - A historic ruling by the Supreme Court of India. Provisions of India’s abortion law now includes the word "partner" instead of "husband".

India's Apex Court: All women, married or unmarried, will have the right to safe and legal abortion

India's Apex Court: All women, married or unmarried, will have the right to safe and legal

The government said Tuesday that abortion up to 20 weeks will be permitted in Thailand, easing restrictions on pregnant people's access to the previously prohibited medical practice.

Terminating pregnancy up to 20 weeks 'will not count as crime' in Thailand

An email sent to faculty members at the University of Idaho in the United States cautions them against giving students any kind of birth control, including condoms.

Roe V. Wade reversal: Faculty at US college threatened with dismissal if found talking about abortion

Following the election triumph of far-right Italian politician Giorgia Meloni, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on Monday said that the European Union would closely follow the respect of certain human rights and would be "attentive" to the respect of women's rights such as abortion.

French PM vows to 'be attentive' to ensuring abortion, human rights are respected in Italy after Meloni's win

A judge ruled on Friday that Arizona can enforce a near-total ban on abortions that has been prohibited for almost 50 years, meaning that clinics statewide will have to stop offering the procedures in order to risk criminal charges being brought against doctors and other medical personnel.

Arizona can enforce near-total abortion ban as court lifts decades-old injunction

Hungary wants pregnant women to hear 'foetal heartbeat' before an abortion. The govt says this measure is aimed at dissuading women from getting an abortion. Activists say, it's meant to 'humiliate women'. Priyanka Sharma reports.

Gravitas: Hungary wants pregnant women to hear 'foetal heartbeat' before abortion

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

Hungarian women seeking an abortion will be obliged to “listen to the foetal heartbeat” before they can access the procedure, according to a new decree issued by the Orban government.

WION Fineprint | Hungarian women must listen to foetus' heartbeat before abortion decision

The abortion laws in Hungary are on the verge of a major shift as the far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban passed a new decree which is to be implemented from Thursday.

In Hungary, women must listen to 'foetal heartbeat' before having abortion

According to information provided to Congress on Thursday by Google's top executive, medical facilities in the United States that provide abortions will be explicitly identified in search results and on Google Maps to prevent confusion with anti-abortion facilities.

Google will prominently label American medical facilities that perform abortion

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

Following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, abortion has become a topic of active discussion across the planet. Now, the Indian Supreme Court, hearing an abortion case has observed that all women, irrespective of their marital status should have the same rights to end an unwanted pregnancy.

India: Supreme Court bats for same abortion limits for married & unmarried women

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'

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