Abortion

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

Spain seeks to make abortion a constitutional right, 40 years after legalising it

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at a press conference in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang

Pope Leo criticises ‘inhuman’ treatment of immigrants in US

Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Catechists in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican, September 27, 2025. REUTERS/Francesco Fotia

$12.4 million in contraceptives have been destroyed on orders from Trump officials

The warehouse in Belgium where millions of contraceptives bought by the US Agency for International Development were stored when the US government defunded the agency.

Texas lawmakers pass Bill allowing private citizens to sue abortion pill distributors

Texas is one of 14 states that have banned abortion since the so-called Dobbs decision rescinded a woman’s right to abortion.

Debate reignites in South Korea over legalisation of abortion pills

Health Minister Chung Eun-kyung has also said that the government will review the introduction of abortion medication.

Texas, Florida seek to join legal challenge to abortion pill

The lawsuit argues that the US Food and Drug Administration acted improperly when it eased restrictions on mifepristone.

Germany’s Merz slips behind far right in poll after angering friends and foes

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrives to attend ARD summer interview, in Berlin, Germany, July 13, 2025. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo

Mum at 15: More teens in Singapore gave birth in 2024

In 2024, there were 244 babies born to teenagers aged 19 or younger, up 7 per cent from the 228 such babies in 2023.

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