Affordable birth control has disappeared, pushing many women into unplanned pregnancies at a time when they can barely feed the children they already have.
Category: Abortion
Health Providers Worldwide Welcome Biden Reversal of Anti-Abortion Rule
By restoring funding cut off by his predecessor, President Biden ended four years of what abortion rights advocates called a concerted assault on women’s reproductive health in the developing world.
Protests Continue in Poland After Near-Total Abortion Ban
Demonstrators vowed to keep protesting Poland’s new abortion law, which went into effect Wednesday, tightening the country’s already restrictive laws.
‘Declaration of War’: Protesters in Poland Vow to Fight Abortion Ban
Women’s rights advocates and thousands of their allies vowed to continue fighting a near-total ban on abortions that came into effect on Wednesday.
Thailand Legalizes Early-Term Abortions but Keeps Other Restrictions
Women who end a pregnancy after 12 weeks could still face prison or fines. Abortion rights advocates claimed a partial victory.
Thousands in Poland Protest Against Near-Total Abortion Ban
Demonstrators flooded the streets on Wednesday after the government abruptly announced that a ban on abortions for fetal abnormalities — virtually the only kind that had been allowed in Poland — would take effect.
Poland Imposes Near-Total Ban on Abortion
A contentious ruling in Poland, which spurred thousands of women and their allies to protest, came into legal force on Wednesday.
Group Takes Legal Action Over Lack of Abortion Services in Northern Ireland
A human rights group says the government’s inaction has left a health care void in a country where the procedure was legalized in 2019, but remains largely unavailable.
How Support for Legal Abortion Went Mainstream in Argentina
The fight for legalization began decades ago, but it gained traction only as more women became lawmakers and a massive grass-roots effort shifted the conversation.
How Argentina Bucked Tradition in Latin America and Legalized Abortion
The region, where Roman Catholic and evangelical churches hold sway, has long been unfriendly territory for abortion rights advocates. Argentina in 2020, though, offered a different landscape.