California recently became the sixth state to make it legal for health care providers to offer abortion, contraception and “gender-affirming” care to out-of-state patients via telehealth. With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of SB 345, which takes effect on Jan. 1, 2024, people
President of France Emmanuel Macron announced his intentions to enshrine abortion rights in the country’s constitution. Macron spoke Wednesday before the Constitutional Council, where he laid out his desires for adjustments to the nation’s governing document. One point driven home during the
The Russian government is tightening restrictions on access to abortion-inducing drugs. Russia’s Ministry of Health announced Tuesday new limits on abortion drug distribution and sales at pharmacies. Misoprostol and mifepristone are specifically being targeted with the restrictions. The two drugs are now
For those women who are considering terminating their pregnancies, a new chatbot called Charley aims to help them start the process of getting an abortion. The chatbot, which launched on Sept. 12, is available on Charley’s website, greeting visitors with the message,
Tasha Kann, a Michigan mom, was determined to keep her baby alive, even if it meant sacrificing her own treatment. (Tasha Kann) ‘AGAINST GOD’S WILL’ – Tasha Kann shares her story of how she refused to abort her baby after a brain cancer
A pregnant mother was advised to seek an abortion after she was diagnosed with brain cancer while carrying her child. Tasha Kann of Michigan was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child when she was diagnosed with anaplastic astrocytoma grade III — a
“We recommend that you get an abortion.” That was the advice Tasha Kann received from doctors in Michigan shortly after she learned that she had brain cancer in 2022. The young mother, who was 20 weeks pregnant with her second child, had
A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions. The high court ordered Wednesday that abortion be removed
Mexico’s supreme court has moved to decriminalise abortion across the nation. It comes two years after the court ruled in favour of a challenge to the existing law in the state of Coahuila, reports the BBC. It had ruled that criminal penalties
A United Kingdom military veteran has been criminally charged by authorities in Bournemouth, England, for silently praying in a “buffer zone” outside an abortion clinic. Remorseful for paying for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, Adam Smith-Connor said he prays for the unborn son he