Seventy-five percent of all abortions in Latin America are illicit. In Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador, where abortion is totally illegal, the bans correlate with a generalized failure of the rule of law.
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Voting on this issue is a matter of conscience, so the MP’s view that women shouldn’t be allowed to terminate pregnancies, even when they’ve been raped, is very relevant to the rest of society.
After a fierce debate, one of the most restrictive reproductive laws in the world has been eased.
Free maternal services introduced in Kenya in 2013 had the immediate impact of increasing access. But it exposed a divide in which the richest 20% of women were the biggest beneficiaries.
About 60% of children in South Africa under 10 years don’t live with their biological fathers. But research sheds light on those who despite the pressures remain involved in their children’s lives.
Troupes of women in flowing red capes are turning up all over the US to remind us that reproductive rights are under threat.
The case of a 12-year-old Costa Rican girl, who was raped by her father and denied an abortion, is dividing a nation that prides itself on its human rights record.
Midwives should provide continuous support during labour and birth and they should respect women’s choices when it is within safe practice to do so.
Zika is not gender neutral: women’s rights are at stake.
President-elect Trump has said the issue of gay marriage is settled, yet he wants to overturn Roe v. Wade, which upheld a woman’s right to abortion. What will he do once he becomes president?
When girls know that they have access to hygienic, safe sanitary products they are less likely to skip school while menstruating.
Providing women with a range of reproductive health options – from abortions to IUDs – is not only essential for their financial security but good for the economy as well.
Abortion is a safe medical procedure, yet half of Australian women may have difficulty accessing a termination because they live in states and territories that designate it a crime.
By limiting financial support to smaller families, the government is doing its best to stop undesirables from reproducing.
After years of liberal laws, terminations are now almost completely out of bounds.
The Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling against mandatory ultrasounds for women seeking abortions, but the court leaves in place major—and growing—restrictions on women’s health policies.
On the first day of the new Congress in January, anti-abortion legislators in the House introduced the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The bill would have banned abortions after 20 weeks, except…
The high-profile case of a young woman forced to give birth in Ireland has highlighted the realities of Ireland’s recently introduced Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 – a law designed to regulate…
Abortion in Australia is governed by varied state-based laws. Despite the clear requirement for doctors with conscientious objection not to block access to abortion, this aspect of some state laws has…
A proposed law being debated in the New South Wales parliament that aims to recognise the foetus as a person has sparked concerns about encroachments on women’s reproductive rights. But similar laws in…
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