Page 5 - Abortion

Ilhan Omar, 16 other lawmakers arrested in DC over abortion rights protest

More than a dozen Democratic members of Congress, including lawmaker Ilhan Omar, were arrested in Washington DC during an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court

Women and the burden of birth control: New data tells the same old story

The fifth installment of NFHS revealed a surge in female sterilisations in 14 of India's 36 states and Union Territories

Biden's realism approach under liberal pressure in abortion issue

On restoring access to abortion, President Joe Biden says his hands are tied without more Democratic senators. Declaring a public health emergency on the matter has downsides, his aides say

Delhi HC denies permission to spinster to terminate pregnancy at 23 weeks

The Delhi High Court has refused to allow an unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks, observing it is not permitted under the abortion law

Amid abortion ban, US FDA mulls to okay over-the-counter birth control pill

Amid the US Supreme Court's decision to ban abortion in the country, the Food and Drug Administration is considering to approve the first-ever over the counter (OTC) birth control pill

Biden signs executive order on abortion rights challenging state laws

US President Joe Biden signed off on an executive order to protect abortion rights throughout the United States to safeguard access to reproductive healthcare services

US President Joe Biden signs order on abortion access, condemns SC's ruling

The actions Biden outlined are intended to head off some potential penalties that women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but his order cannot restore access to abortion

US: Mississippi's only abortion clinic closes as trigger law comes to force

In Mississippi, the state ban that has been triggered prohibits abortions at any point of a pregnancy, forcing the Jackson Women's Health to stop giving the procedure

Facing pressure from Democrats, Biden to sign order on abortion access

Biden will speak on Friday morning on protecting access to reproductive health care services, but the actions Biden was to outline were expected to be limited in scope

Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand in US states

Google will purge information about users who visit abortion clinics or other places that could trigger legal problems now that the US Supreme Court has opened the door for states to ban abortion

Texas clinics halt abortion services after state high court ruling

The Friday night ruling stopped a three-day-old order by a Houston judge who said clinics could resume abortions up to six weeks into pregnancy

Google to delete location data of users visiting an abortion clinic

In a blog post, Google said it would remove location history data about some "particularly personal" places from a Google account shortly after someone visits

Google to auto-delete abortion clinic visits from users' location data

Google has announced to automatically delete visits to abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters, weight loss clinics, and other potentially sensitive locations from users' location data

Biden vows to protect women travelling for abortions after SC's ruling

US President Joe Biden said that women travelling for abortions across the country will be protected by the federal government as millions of women have lost their constitutional reproductive right

Illegal, restrictive, legal: Here are some abortion laws around the world

The US isn't the only country in the world to ban abortion. Laws around the world vary; in some countries, abortion is available to women on request, in others it is totally outlawed. >

US clinics scramble to redirect patients after states ban abortion

The top court's ruling has set off a travel scramble across the country, with a growing number of states mostly banning the procedure

Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills in US

Memes and status updates explaining how women could legally obtain abortion pills in the mail exploded across social platforms which were immediately removed by Instagram and Facebook

Roe v Wade: US SC's abortion ruling has set off new fights in other courts

The US Supreme Court's decision Friday to end constitutional protection for abortion opened the gates for a wave of litigation, as one side sought quickly to put statewide bans into effect

Israel loosens abortion regulations in response to US overruling Roe

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, who heads the small liberal Meretz party, said the U.S. decision had turned back the clock for women's rights

US faces new protests on abortion laws after gun law engages less attention

Americans are up in arms again, this time, on the Supreme Court 6-3 verdict on the Roe Vs Wade case that takes away a woman's legal right to abortion