Abortion

Abortion pill prescriptions surge in US states with bans: Study

In 13 states with abortion bans, about 91,000 women received abortion pill prescriptions via telehealth in 2025.

Georgia woman faces murder charge after taking abortion pill

Alexia Moore was charged with murder after she took abortion medication and gave birth to a premature infant who died within hours.

Some Filipinas seek abortions online in largely Catholic nation

Abortions are strictly outlawed in the mainly Catholic Philippines, forcing women to turn to a patchwork of providers operating in the online shadows.

European rights body says abortion refusal complaints in Poland have ceased

FILE PHOTO: People protest in favour of liberalising Polish abortion laws w Krakow, Poland July 23, 2024. Agencja Wyborcza.pl/Konrad Kozlowski via REUTERS/File Photo

South Korea jails doctors for killing baby delivered at 36 weeks

South Korea has decriminalised abortion but political deadlock has prevented governments from passing laws to regulate the practice.

US to expand anti-abortion aid rule to cover ‘gender ideology,’ diversity

A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon

Europe votes in favour of scheme to improve access to abortions

FILE PHOTO: People take part in a protest, after a pregnant woman died in hospital in an incident campaigners say is the fault of Poland's laws on abortion, which are some of the most restrictive in Europe, in Warsaw, Poland June 14, 2023. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

Never-born children: The grief we don’t talk about

We know how to celebrate landmarks like births but can sometimes say the wrong thing when a pregnancy is lost.

Kast, the favorite to win Chile's presidential runoff, could limit abortion access

FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a banner in a rally to mark International Safe Abortion Day, in front of La Moneda government palace, in Santiago, Chile, September 28, 2023. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha/File Photo/File Photo

Gunman deemed unfit for trial in Colorado abortion clinic shooting dies in prison

Robert Lewis Dear, 57, accused of shooting three people to death and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last month, attends his hearing to face 179 counts of various criminal charges at an El Paso County court in Colorado Springs, Colorado December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Andy Cross/Pool

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