Mifepristone, a medication used for abortions, can now be purchased from US pharmacies owing to a decision of the Joe Biden administration. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorised retail pharmacies to dispense mifepristone as long as a licensed medical professional writes the prescription and the pharmacy complies with specified criteria.

Data lab: US allows abortion pill sale at pharmacies; its significance amid shifting abortion landscape

Another US state passed a law allowing abortion providers to be sued in civil court Wednesday, as conservatives across the country ramp up their effort to overturn long-held reproductive rights.

Another US state passes abortion 'bounty hunter' law

After years of controversy and criticism from gynaecologists, Germany is planning to scrap a Nazi-era law that limits information on abortion, while access to the procedure in the country remains beset by obstacles.

Germany looks to reform Nazi-era abortion information laws

The new law in Texas effectively banning most abortions has ignited widespread controversy and debate, in part because of the mechanism it uses to enforce the restrictions: deputizing ordinary people to sue those involved in performing abortions and giving them a financial incentive to do so.

Texas abortion law creates a kind of bounty hunter. Here’s how it works

US President Joe Biden on Friday proposed a $6 trillion budget that for the first time in 45 years did not prohibit federal funds being used for abortion, as the Democrat leader fulfilled a campaign pledge.

Biden's proposed budget lifts ban on funding abortions

UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has described the COVID-19 pandemic as “the most discriminatory crisis” that women and girls have ever experienced.

Pandemic has been disproportionately hard on women and girls: UN Women

International Women's Day is around the corner, and marketing firms are leaving no stone unturned to ensure people -- irresepective of the gender -- celebrate it with full fervour.

International Women’s Day: The history, present and a possible future

The moment Johanna Guzmán, 25, discovered she was going to have her sixth child, she began to sob, crushed by the idea of bringing another life into a nation in such decay.

Venezuelan women lose access to contraception, and control of their lives

Mexico has accused the US of forcing women to undergo surgeries at the US immigration detention centres. The allegation has been made directly by the Mexican foreign ministry.

Mexico accuses US of performing surgeries on women without consent

Women charged police lines and threw Molotov cocktails at officers in Mexico City on Monday during protests demanding the legalization of abortion in the majority Roman Catholic country.

Mexican women demanding legalization of abortion clash with police

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