abortion
Melania Trump voices support for abortion rights ahead of election
Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign noted Donald Trump’s role in ending Roe v Wade in a statement reacting to Mrs Trump’s comments.
Hundreds take part in Paris march backing right to abortion
The protest was organised by civil society groups to mark International Safe Abortion Day.
Buffer zones outside abortion clinics to come into effect at end of October
The new law prohibits protests within 150 metres of clinics or hospitals providing abortion services in England and Wales.
Six-week abortion ban comes into force in Iowa
Iowa’s Republican leaders have been seeking the law for years and gained momentum after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade in 2022.
Abortion site buffer zones ‘matter of urgency’, campaigners tell Home Secretary
Final guidance on how the safe access zones would work under the Public Order Act had been due to be published ‘no later than spring 2024’.
Competing abortion measures could be on Nebraska’s ballot in November
Petition initiatives seeking a constitutional amendment must collect enough signatures to equal 10% of registered voters in the state.
Iowa’s supreme court tells lower court to let strict abortion law take effect
Iowa joins more than a dozen other states with restrictive abortion laws following the US supreme court’s overturning of Roe v Wade in 2022.
2,168 abortions carried out in Northern Ireland in 2022/23 – department
The figure is an increase from 1,755 in 2021/22 and 1,574 in 2020/21.
G7 leaders tackle migration, AI and economic security on final day of summit
The leaders stressed their determination to meet global challenges ‘at a crucial moment in history’.
Rise in abortions ‘linked to cost of living and lack of access to contraception’
The number of procedures in 2022 was the highest since the Abortion Act came in and an increase of 17% since 2021.