The US state of Texas sued a female doctor from New York named Dr Margaret Daley Carpenter for allegedly mailing abortion pills to a woman in Dallas despite the ban on the procedure in the state.

Texas sues New York doctor for mailing abortion pills to woman in Dallas

By sharing messages involved in a case of teenage abortion in Nebraska, Facebook has sparked outrage and raised concerns by cooperating with US police, implying that it could be used to restrict access to the medical procedures.

Facebook’s cooperation with US police in teen abortion case raises ‘new concerns’

Authorities in Nebraska have charged a mother and her teenage daughter with felonies after they allegedly performed an illegal home abortion and then tried to burn and bury the foetus, which the expectant girl allegedly referred to as a “thing” she wanted “out of her body”.

American mother and teen daughter charged after illegal abortion

The capital has allowed the procedure within three months of conception but it is prohibited throughout the rest of the country

Mexico Supreme Court rejects legalising abortion