Browsing: Abortions

Legislation to pardon women who have been convicted of illegal abortions has passed its final parliamentary hurdle, paving the way for a landmark change in the…

Women who have been convicted, and in some cases jailed, over illegal abortions are set to be pardoned after a historic vote in the House of…

As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital, she felt like “a ticking time bomb”. It was 2024, and the physical therapist was in the midst…

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will no longer fund research that uses human fetal tissue obtained from “elective” abortions, the world’s biggest public funder of…

The rising cost of living and a lack of access to contraception have driven another rise in abortion rates in England and Wales, providers and doctors…

At-home abortions should be allowed for up to 12 weeks of pregnancy across the UK, according to academics, after a study found they were just as…

A blue, burgundy and white patterned wrapper hides the swell of Joanna Banda’s belly. Eight months pregnant, she has had just three of the five antenatal…

Three years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, erasing the national right to abortion and paving the way for more than a dozen…