A mother of three children was sentenced in England Monday to more than two years for medically inducing an abortion nearly one month before her pregnancy was full term. The 44-year-old English woman obtained abortion-inducing pills meant to be taken at 10
The judge who jailed a 44-year-old woman who had lied to secure pills that aborted her unborn child at up to 34 weeks said he recognised it to be a “tragic case”. But he was critical of a raft of medical professionals
A woman in the U.K. was sentenced to 28 months in prison after pleading guilty to getting abortion pills past the country’s legal limit. The 44-year-old mother of three received the pills by mail under a policy introduced during the pandemic that
A six-week abortion ban will go into effect immediately in South Carolina after it was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster. All abortions after fetal cardiac activity is detected, which usually occurs at six weeks of pregnancy, will be prohibited by
Comment on this storyComment It was the midnight of it all. Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill into law prohibiting abortions after six weeks, a time at which — and it gets exhausting repeatedly pointing this out —
Kamala Harris has applauded efforts in Nevada to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. The Vice President said the move by state lawmakers stands in stark contrast to other states, where such rights are under assault. The Associated Press said that
A mother in Texas has revealed she is being forced to carry her unborn baby to term because of the state’s abortion ban. Kylie Beaton, 32, and her husband Seth, 38, were “really excited” to learn they were pregnant with their second
A Warsaw court on Tuesday convicted a women’s rights activist for helping a victim of domestic violence access abortion pills in Poland, and sentenced her to eight months of community service. The case of Justyna Wydrzyńska has been closely watched by human
The Spanish parliament on Thursday approved legislation expanding abortion and transgender rights for teenagers, while making Spain the first country in Europe that will entitle workers to paid menstrual leave. The driving force behind the two laws was Equality Minister Irene Montero,
A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta will be airlifted to Spain on Thursday for a procedure to prevent infection because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances, the woman’s partner said. Jay Weeldreyer told The