A look at some of the world’s toughest abortion laws
2 years, 7 months ago

A look at some of the world’s toughest abortion laws

Al Jazeera  

New limits on abortion rights are being pursued in the US and other countries. Amnesty International has “fervently” called on United States authorities to protect the right of abortion as the country’s top court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v Wade decision that legalised abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. “While moves to decriminalise and legalise abortion in places like Argentina, Ireland, Mexico and Colombia in the last few years have been a huge win for the global community, there are grim signs that the United States is out of step with the progress that the rest of the world is making in protecting sexual and reproductive rights,” Amnesty’s Secretary General Agnes Callamard said on Tuesday. Anything less would be a gross failure to uphold human rights, including the rights to life, health, bodily autonomy, privacy and dignity” Callamard added. As new limits on abortion rights are pursued in the US and other countries, here is a look at global abortion statistics and some of the world’s strictest abortion laws:

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How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How abortion access map has been dramatically redrawn across US - after shock twists in deep red states

Daily Mail  

It wasn't just Donald Trump or Kamala Harris on the ticket last night - there were also important referendums on abortion. Experts say yesterday's ballot measures were similarly surprising, we look at how all 10 states voted below: Missouri - allowed up to 24 weeks In The Show-Me State, when Roe v. Wade was overturned, a 2019 law that banned …

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House
1 month, 3 weeks ago

High Stakes Abortion Ballot Initiatives Could Decide Who Takes the White House

India Today  

The upcoming US presidential election could be decided by the outcome of several abortion-related ballot measures in 10 states. The issue is a key issue in many states, with voters considering whether to protect reproductive rights or restrict them. The high level of support for pro-choice measures in battleground states like Arizona and Nevada suggests that abortion could be a …

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s documentary and investigative series on abortion rights
2 months ago

America’s ‘war on women’: The Independent’s documentary and investigative series on abortion rights

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the …

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds
4 months, 2 weeks ago

US abortion numbers rise slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds

Associated Press  

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. AP AUDIO: US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds AP correspondent …

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rise in pregnancy terminations in US after verdict favouring abortion overturned

India Today  

The number of women getting abortions in the US actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found, reflecting the lengths that Democratic-controlled states went to expand access. In March, doctors in states with laws to protect medical providers used telemedicine to prescribe abortion …

Abortion bans violate human rights, Amnesty International says in new report
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Abortion bans violate human rights, Amnesty International says in new report

Salon  

For nearly 50 years in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court asserted that the U.S. Constitution protected the right to access abortion under Roe v. Wade. “As we detailed in the report, there are less and less doctors that want to go to states where they're going to be criminalized for providing abortion care.” In the report, Amnesty says …

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Support for legal abortion has risen since Supreme Court eliminated protections, AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A solid majority of Americans oppose a federal abortion ban as a rising number support access to abortions for any reason, a new poll finds, highlighting a politically perilous situation for candidates who oppose abortion rights as the November election draws closer. Around 6 in 10 Americans think their state should generally allow a person to obtain a …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights now in the US

Associated Press  

Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in Republican-led states have prompted many people seeking abortions to travel to get care. The U.S. Supreme Court this …

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion
6 months ago

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel Bans in …

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.
6 months ago

The Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade in 2022. Here’s the state of abortion rights in the U.S.

LA Times  

People march through downtown Amarillo, Texas, last year to protest a lawsuit that aimed to ban the abortion drug mifepristone. Judges, state lawmakers and voters are deciding the future of abortion in the U.S. two years after the Supreme Court jolted the legal status quo with a ruling that overturned Roe vs. Wade. Limited abortion access prompts more out-of-state travel …

Abortion law: The movement to strip pregnant women of their rights is growing. The Supreme Court may make it much worse.
54 years, 11 months ago

Abortion law: The movement to strip pregnant women of their rights is growing. The Supreme Court may make it much worse.

Slate  

Should the very state of being pregnant place women in a subclass of citizen, vulnerable to criminal prosecution or civil penalties for behavior that would be perfectly legal from a nonpregnant person? Conservative legal groups are already drafting model legislation to prevent pregnant women from traveling for abortions by legally penalizing anyone who helps them, a strategy used by the …

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states
8 months, 1 week ago

Arizona just revived an 1864 law criminalizing abortion. Here’s what’s happening in other states

Associated Press  

Developments this week in Arizona underscored something that was already apparent about the 2024 elections in the United States: Abortion is going to loom large as an issue in state and federal elections — including the presidential race — and directly in the form of referendums in some states. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling that allows enforcement of a ban …

More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows
9 months ago

More than 60% of US abortions in 2023 were done by pill, study shows

Firstpost  

Following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to abolish abortion rights, over a dozen states were able to close their abortion facilities and outlaw the operation altogether, limiting access to surgical abortions Pro-choice and anti-abortion both demonstrate outside the United States Supreme Court as the court hears arguments over a challenge to a Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks …

Vantage | The politics of France making abortion a constitutional right
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Vantage | The politics of France making abortion a constitutional right

Firstpost  

France’s historic move to constitutionalise abortion sets a precedent for other nations and reaffirms the importance of protecting women’s reproductive rights An anti-abortion activist holds a flag depicting the Virgin Mary that reads 'France is praying" near the Palace of Versailles during the Congress session of both Houses of Parliament in Versailles, west of Paris, on 4 March, 2024. France’s …

France becomes world’s first country to make abortion a constitutional right
9 months, 2 weeks ago

France becomes world’s first country to make abortion a constitutional right

Hindustan Times  

France on Monday enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women's rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by anti-abortion groups. Abortion rights activists gathered in central Paris cheered and applauded as the Eiffel Tower scintillated in the background and displayed the message "MyBodyMyChoice" as the result of the vote was announced on a …

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
9 months, 2 weeks ago

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access

Associated Press  

PARIS — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning long-held abortion rights was the catalyst for the French parliament’s overwhelming vote Monday to add a constitutional amendment proclaiming …

Editorial: A right to IVF or abortion will never be protected if fetuses and embryos are declared people
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: A right to IVF or abortion will never be protected if fetuses and embryos are declared people

LA Times  

In the cell laboratory at the Fertility Center Berlin in January, an electron microscope is used to fertilize an egg cell. The Alabama Supreme Court decision last month determining that frozen embryos have the same rights as children brought the personhood debate to a surreal level that should terrify anyone who supports the right to terminate a pregnancy or start …

Abortions in the US rose slightly overall after post-Roe restrictions were put in place, study finds
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortions in the US rose slightly overall after post-Roe restrictions were put in place, study finds

Associated Press  

The total number of abortions provided in the U.S. rose slightly in the 12 months after states began implementing bans on them throughout pregnancy, a new survey finds. The changes reflect major shifts after the U.S. Supreme Court in June 2022 handed down its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that had …

Why are abortion laws in the spotlight again? | Explained
1 year, 2 months ago

Why are abortion laws in the spotlight again? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: A married woman 26 weeks pregnant has approached the Supreme Court seeking to terminate her pregnancy citing inability to take care of the child due to post-partum depression and other health issues. The Supreme Court on October 9 agreed to her plea, but two days later, a two-judge Bench of Justices Hima Kohli and B.V. Nagarathna …

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico decriminalizes abortion, extending Latin American trend of widening access to procedure

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court threw out all federal criminal penalties for abortion Wednesday, ruling that national laws prohibiting the procedure are unconstitutional and violate women’s rights in a sweeping decision that extended Latin American’s trend of widening abortion access. After 40 years, the Supreme Court reversed its abortion decision, and we’re not going to stop until Mexico guarantees …

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
1 year, 3 months ago

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

LA Times  

A woman holds a banner that says “Legal, safe, and free abortion” as abortion rights protesters demonstrate in front of Congress in 2020. Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion nationwide Wednesday, two years after ruling that abortion was not a crime in one northern state. Wednesday’s sweeping court decision comes amid a trend in Latin America of loosening restrictions on abortion, …

Few US adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds
1 year, 5 months ago

Few US adults support full abortion bans, even in states that have them, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

The majority of U.S. adults, including those living in states with the strictest limits on abortion, want it to be legal at least through the initial stages of pregnancy, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. The poll finds that 1 in 10 Americans say they know someone who has either been unable to …

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised
1 year, 5 months ago

One year later, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on right to abortion is both scorned and praised

The Hindu  

Activists and politicians are marking the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned a nationwide right to abortion with a range of reactions that vary from praise and protests. “I’m absolutely livid that people think that they can interfere with medical decisions between a woman and her doctor,” said Lynn Rust, of Silver Springs, Maryland, at a …

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over
1 year, 6 months ago

Anti-abortion laws threaten millions one year after Roe v Wade fell. The battle for access is far from over

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A decision from the US Supreme Court’s conservative …

I had an abortion – ministers need to listen to women like me before deciding what to do with our bodies
1 year, 6 months ago

I had an abortion – ministers need to listen to women like me before deciding what to do with our bodies

The Independent  

For many, getting pregnant is easy. Carla Foster, a 44-year-old mother-of-three, got hold of the abortion pills under the government’s “pills by post” initiative for unwanted pregnancies up to 10 weeks. Troubling opinions held by anti-abortion activists range from linking abortion to satanism, the devil and child sacrifice, arguing for pregnancy terminations to be banned in cases of rape, thinking …

Column: It’s not about babies. Abortion restrictions are about power
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: It’s not about babies. Abortion restrictions are about power

LA Times  

The toes, the clothes and, oh, the smell of a newborn. “Misogyny amongst certain parts of our culture knows no bounds,” state Sen. Nancy Skinner, a Berkeley Democrat and head of the California Legislative Women’s Caucus, told me. “Controlling women’s bodies, controlling sexuality, also means controlling the sexuality of gay, transgender, all the letters.” So Kacsmaryk’s ruling is a beginning, …

Column: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights
1 year, 8 months ago

Column: Ironic justice: Laws passed to gut Obamacare are now being used to protect abortion rights

LA Times  

The law of unintended consequences is never as powerful as when those consequences originate from a hasty, ill-considered action. When you use wording that talks about choice in healthcare, it’s a pretty natural fit with respect to abortion care.” Ohio’s law — the Health Care Freedom Act, enacted as a constitutional amendment in a 2011 ballot referendum — bars the …

One Florida Case Shows How the U.S. Became a Rogue State on Abortion
1 year, 9 months ago

One Florida Case Shows How the U.S. Became a Rogue State on Abortion

Slate  

Amid the clamor of abortion news is a quiet case of torture playing out in Florida. But on March 22–23, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, one branch of the Organization of American States charged with adjudicating alleged violations of the American Convention on Human Rights, will hear arguments in a case that could change the ways those women and …

Editorial: The fight over reproductive rights will play out in the states and courts in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

Editorial: The fight over reproductive rights will play out in the states and courts in 2023

LA Times  

Abortion right activists gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24. Meanwhile, abortion rights advocates filed dozens of lawsuits arguing that many state abortion bans were illegal because, though their legislatures may be hostile to abortion, the state constitutions’ protections for bodily autonomy and privacy rights extend to abortion. Abortion rights advocates are expected to press for more …

Why India’s landmark abortion ruling could echo around the world
2 years, 2 months ago

Why India’s landmark abortion ruling could echo around the world

Al Jazeera  

On September 29, the Indian Supreme Court delivered a crucial decision which holds the promise of actually leading to the reproductive autonomy of Indian women, in particular through access to abortion. While the core issue before the court was whether unmarried women could seek an abortion under the law – the judges confirmed that they can – the decision also …

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?
2 years, 2 months ago

How are new abortion laws affecting women in the United States?

Al Jazeera  

On Wednesday, October 12 at 19:30 GMT: It’s been more than 100 days since the United States Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion. This means almost one in three American women of reproductive age – disproportionally poorer women and those of colour – now live in a state with no abortion options, according to the Guttmacher Institute. Fearful …

DC Edit | Landmark abortion ruling expands women’s rights
2 years, 2 months ago

DC Edit | Landmark abortion ruling expands women’s rights

Deccan Chronicle  

It was blindingly obvious that there should be no distinction between married and unmarried women when it comes to having an abortion any time up to 24 weeks of pregnancy. The abortion ruling goes well beyond religion and other impediments like single women not being allowed to seek abortion after 20 weeks. The sweep of the judgment is truly remarkable …

What Ethiopia can teach the US about abortion rights
2 years, 2 months ago

What Ethiopia can teach the US about abortion rights

Al Jazeera  

As an Ethiopian American, I am disturbed that the United States is rolling back the reproductive rights of American women and girls, one state at a time. Before Ethiopia relaxed its abortion laws in 2005, unsafe abortions contributed to a third of all maternal deaths in the country. Ethiopia – like other countries in which MSI Reproductive Choices works such …

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since The Supreme Court Overturned Roe
2 years, 3 months ago

17 Million Women Have Lost Abortion Access Since The Supreme Court Overturned Roe

Huff Post  

Illustration: Jianan Liu/HuffPost In the two months since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, more than a dozen states have banned or severely restricted access to abortion ― leaving millions of people without critical health care. Seventeen states have banned, severely restricted or stopped offering access to abortion care since the court took away federal abortion protections in June’s …

Op-Ed: Roe’s gone, but the abortion wars just keep escalating
2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: Roe’s gone, but the abortion wars just keep escalating

LA Times  

Yard signs for and against the Kansas ballot measure that would amend the state Constitution so that legislators could further restrict or ban abortion. Abortion is legal in Kansas because the state Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that the Kansas Constitution protects every person’s right to personal autonomy, including the decision to terminate a pregnancy. We are just beginning to …

How Will Overturning of Roe v Wade Impact Abortion Policies Globally? - News18
2 years, 4 months ago

How Will Overturning of Roe v Wade Impact Abortion Policies Globally? - News18

News 18  

The last decade has seen a global wave of right-wing policies and governments, and the overturning of Roe v Wade was yet another instance of the same. One would expect that there would be a global far-right propagated anti-SRHR wave, but the reactions of major world leaders make one think that perhaps the US verdict will not be as influential …

Women have right to safe abortion: Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Women have right to safe abortion: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Denying an unmarried woman the right to a safe abortion violates her personal autonomy and freedom, the Supreme Court held in an order on Thursday. The lower court had taken an "unduly restrictive view" that her plea for a safe abortion was not covered under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act as the pregnancy arose from a consensual relationship outside …

AP-NORC poll: Majority in US want legal abortion nationally
2 years, 5 months ago

AP-NORC poll: Majority in US want legal abortion nationally

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans say Congress should pass a law guaranteeing access to legal abortion nationwide, according to a new poll that finds over half say they feel at least somewhat “sad” or “angry” about the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Blake Jones thinks six weeks “is far too early to be able to make …

US House votes to restore abortion rights after end of Roe
2 years, 5 months ago

US House votes to restore abortion rights after end of Roe

Al Jazeera  

Democratic-backed bills to restore abortion and defend out-of-state travel have little chance of passing in US Senate. The US House of Representatives has voted to restore abortion rights across the country, after the nation’s highest court last month overturned its landmark Roe v Wade decision, setting off protests and calls for action from lawmakers. https://t.co/yHypmYBTR5 — Nancy Pelosi July 15, …

US abortion rights: Arizona judge blocks ‘personhood’ law
2 years, 5 months ago

US abortion rights: Arizona judge blocks ‘personhood’ law

Al Jazeera  

A federal judge in the US state of Arizona has blocked a state law that grants fertilised eggs, embryos and fetuses the same “rights, privileges and immunities available to other persons”. The ruling on Monday against the so-called “personhood” law by United States District Judge Douglas Rayes comes as state governments across the country have sought to clarify the legality …

Op-Ed: Abortion ban ‘exceptions’ cannot protect life
2 years, 5 months ago

Op-Ed: Abortion ban ‘exceptions’ cannot protect life

LA Times  

Dr. Blair Cushing, left, consults with a patient who will have a medication abortion at Whole Woman’s Health of McAllen in Texas, where lawmakers are seeking to ban abortion. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade has already set into motion legal processes to criminalize abortion in at least 15 states, with immediate and catastrophic health consequences for …

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics
2 years, 5 months ago

Shifting abortion laws cause confusion for patients, clinics

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ …

Regressive, inhumane: The Hindu Editorial on the U.S. Supreme Court removing right to abortion
2 years, 5 months ago

Regressive, inhumane: The Hindu Editorial on the U.S. Supreme Court removing right to abortion

The Hindu  

When a democracy rolls back a constitutional right that has been in place for almost half a century, it must consider itself in deep peril. The U.S. stands at that fraught juncture now, after its Supreme Court, in a 6-3 majority, overturned the 1973 ruling in Roe vs Wade, and took away the constitutional right to abortion. With Roe, as …

U.S. Supreme Court decision could stigmatise abortion globally, says Population Foundation of India
2 years, 5 months ago

U.S. Supreme Court decision could stigmatise abortion globally, says Population Foundation of India

The Hindu  

The United States Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its own landmark 1973 judgment in Roe Vs. Wade that made abortion a constitutional right in the country could stigmatise abortion worldwide, according to the Population Foundation of India. “Given the global influence of the U.S. across every sphere, this is likely to stigmatise reproductive health worldwide, affecting millions, if not billions …

‘Without Roe, parts of US will now look like Central America’ say activists in nations where abortion is entirely illegal
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Without Roe, parts of US will now look like Central America’ say activists in nations where abortion is entirely illegal

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The absolute criminalisation of abortion that we live …

'A big step backwards': World leaders slam US Supreme Court's decision to end abortion rights
2 years, 5 months ago

'A big step backwards': World leaders slam US Supreme Court's decision to end abortion rights

Firstpost  

French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his ‘solidarity with women whose freedoms are challenged’ by the US Supreme Court, while Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said that legal and safe abortion was a fundamental right Washington: The US Supreme Court’s historic end to nationwide abortion rights on Friday drew unusual criticism from some of America’s closest allies and bucks a global …

U. S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion 'huge blow' to women’s human rights, gender equality: UN human rights chief
2 years, 5 months ago

U. S. Supreme Court ruling on abortion 'huge blow' to women’s human rights, gender equality: UN human rights chief

The Hindu  

The United Nations human rights chief has termed the U. S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned the constitutional right to abortion as a “huge blow” to women’s human rights and gender equality, as UN agencies warned that restricting access to abortion does not prevent people from seeking it but simply makes it “more deadly.” In the historic ruling on June …

Will Overturning Of Roe Spell The End Of Same-Sex Marriages, Right To Contraception In US
2 years, 5 months ago

Will Overturning Of Roe Spell The End Of Same-Sex Marriages, Right To Contraception In US

News 18  

The US Supreme Court’s decision erasing the constitutional right to abortion provides a roadmap to end other freedoms involving marriage, sexuality and birth control, its three liberal members said on Friday, while conservative Justice Clarence Thomas urged the court to take just that path. In future cases, Thomas said, “we should reconsider all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” …

How Will Americans Abort Now? Can Women Use Birth Control, Pills to End Pregnancy? Path After Roe vs Wade
2 years, 5 months ago

How Will Americans Abort Now? Can Women Use Birth Control, Pills to End Pregnancy? Path After Roe vs Wade

News 18  

After almost 50 years under Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court on Friday removed women’s constitutional protections for abortion, a fundamental and very personal change for American lives. But States May Target Contraceptives The current Supreme Court may not have the necessary five votes to approve a blanket ban on all forms of contraception, but it may still allow …

UN calls US abortion ban ‘deadly’
2 years, 5 months ago

UN calls US abortion ban ‘deadly’

Live Mint  

Restricting abortion access does not stop people seeking the procedure "it only makes it more deadly," a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after the US Supreme Court overturned a 1973 decision legalizing abortion. "Sexual and reproductive health and rights are the foundation of a life of choice, empowerment and equality for the world's women and girls," …

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