Women could be able to have an abortion within a week and without ever seeing a doctor under new official guidelines New guidelines given by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence It also says patients should be able to self-refer themselves to abortion clinics They could even be booked in for a termination […]
Alabama bill would outlaw abortion as lawmakers aim at Roe
Alabama is the latest Republican-leaning state seeking to enact a strict abortion ban as conservatives take aim at the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. Energized by new conservatives on the Supreme Court, abortion opponents in multiple states hope to ignite new legal battles that could prompt the justices to revisit Roe v. […]
Three better ways to "champion babies" than protesting abortion
Last week, the Queensland government finally dragged itself into the modern era when it voted to make access to abortion officially legal. I say "modern era", but of course there are still legislatures all over the country (and the world) that are languishing in a state of regressive, misogynist policies that deny women and others […]
Restrictive abortion laws in Northern Ireland affect women’s health, study shows
Despite a policy change to provide free abortion services for women traveling from Northern Ireland to clinics in Great Britain, Northern Irish women still experience multiple barriers to accessing care, according to new research from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. The study also found that some women […]