An independent experts commission recommended decriminalizing abortion in Germany and making it legal during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion is illegal in Germany but not punishable if a woman undergoes mandatory counseling and a three-day wait period before the procedure.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with proposals to lift a near-total ban on abortion, a divisive issue in the traditionally Roman Catholic country, which has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe. Members of the
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s parliament held a long-awaited debate Thursday on liberalizing the country’s strict abortion law. The traditionally Catholic nation has one of the most restrictive laws in Europe, but many women terminate pregnancies at home with pills mailed from
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PARIS (AP) — 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? Abortion is broadly legal across Europe, and
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France’s Senate is voting on a bill meant to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French Constitution. The National Assembly previously approved the proposal in January by a significant margin. If the Senate adopts the same version of the
The Russian Orthodox Church reaffirmed its strict opposition to abortion this week, putting it at odds with the Kremlin’s more relaxed position. A spokesperson for the church released a statement on Wednesday clarifying that the Holy Synod — the church’s governing body
When Angela Harders of Maryland posted a TikTok video responding to the prompt, “What’s one small unimportant decision that you made that changed the whole trajectory of your life?” she did not think it would be viewed by about half a million
A U.K. judge ordered a pregnant 11-year-old to get an abortion, ruling that termination was in the girl’s best interest, according to local media reports. Court documents stemming from a private hearing last month have since been publicly released and show that