Global Abortion Rights News

Texas’ abortion crisis deserves concern — even as U.S. turns away | Opinion By evading its U.N. human rights review, America ignores what the world sees clearly: Texans suffering under abortion bans, Irma L. Garcia of Jane's Due Process writes.

Last week at the United Nations in Geneva, the US boycotted its human rights review that all U.N. member states participate in every 4.5 years. By evading its U.N. human rights review, America ignores what the world sees clearly: Texans suffering under abortion bans.

Study: Albanian Youth Using Contraceptives and Abortion Pills Without Medical Supervision - Euronews Albania Albanian youth are increasingly distancing themselves from doctors and relying on contraceptive methods based mainly on what they read online or the influence of their peers. This is a warning that de...

Medical support is great and sometimes necessary, but women have been contracepting and aborting without help from doctors for millennia.

Wisconsin mom exposes painful reality of abortion laws after tragic pregnancy loss A Wisconsin nurse and her husband were ready for baby #2—but a heartbreaking diagnosis made her realize that pregnant women don’t have the same health care choices as the patients in her ward.

Wisconsin mother Gracie Ladd tells her heartbreaking abortion story after getting a diagnosis that her much-wanted baby would not live. "There was so much nonsense just for a woman to get essential care."

Act on the Evidence: Policy Solutions to Protect and Advance Abortion and Contraception Access in the United States

Guttmacher Institute has issued recommendations to advance rights-based, patient-centered approaches to sexual and repro health care in the US. In a moment defined by entrenched inequities, rampant misinformation and political turbulence, the stakes for evidence-based policy have never been higher.

How Nigerian women are reacting to suspended abortion bill Many argued that the development is a misplaced priority.

The recent suspension of a controversial abortion bill has sparked a wave of reactions from Nigerian women on social media, many of whom described the proposed legislation as a misplaced priority. The bill would have imposed a 10-year jail term for abortion-related offences.

When I Tried to Have an Abortion, My Friends Had Me Arrested First came the texts. Then the ambush. Then the EMTs, the police, and the possibility of the psych ward. For one former anti-abortion influencer, getting the health care she needed become a real-life ...

“Progressive” anti-abortion activists claim to be a feminist wing of the movement. But when one of their former compatriots tried to end her pregnancy, they went to extreme lengths to stop her.

New Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Devastate Coverage for Reproductive Health Care

For decades, Medicaid has been central to contraceptive and reproductive health services for low-income people in the US. Massive cuts to Medicaid under the recent federal budget will strip away coverage and access to care from millions of people, with far-reaching and harmful consequences.

The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.

The Heritage Foundation, an American right-wing org that engineered Project 2025, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook for countering progressive policies into Europe. They're starting to make inroads.

Frankivsk court annuls city council anti-abortion plea upon woman’s complaint The court ruled that the city council had exceeded its powers.

This is from a religious site but good news. A city in Ukraine had initiated constitutional amendments to ban abortion in the country, but a local resident sued and the decision was annulled. The city council had no jurisdiction and was acting on a letter from the Catholic Archeparchy.

Restrictions on fetal tissue research would threaten progress on breakthrough treatments for devastating diseases — and yet not prevent a single abortion The U.S. government may restrict funding for research that uses human fetal tissue. The move would undermine medical science and prolong patients' suffering from devastating diseases.

Human fetal tissue research has saved millions of lives and continues to drive biomedical innovation. Restricting it would not alter abortion rates, it would force scientists to discard an irreplaceable research resource for treating devastating diseases.

Study reveals uneven access to abortion pill mifepristone in British Columbia Most pharmacies in British Columbia can provide the abortion pill mifepristone within days, but uneven access still leaves some women facing barriers to this time-sensitive medication, according to ne...

A new study has found that two-thirds of pharmacies in British Columbia (Canada) can provide the abortion pill within 3 days, but some people need to call several pharmacies to find the drug, especially in larger urban centres.

Unsafe Abortion: Prioritise your health, safety, experts tell women In a bid to curb the incessant rise of maternal mortality in Ogun State, health experts have urged women to prioritise their health and safety by avoiding

In Nigeria, 610,000 unsafe abortions are reportedly carried out annually. This leads to a high rate of maternal mortality. This won't be reduced by telling women not to have abortions! It must be decriminalized.

N.B. abortion access a work in progress one year after policy change | CBC News A year after the New Brunswick government eliminated the last legal limit on access to surgical abortions, the same three hospitals are the only places where the procedure is offered, and doctors are ...

One year after the New Brunswick government (Canada) eliminated the last legal limit on access to surgical abortions, not much has changed. It's because the resources to start a freestanding clinic are significant, and the growing use of medication abortions has offset procedural abortion.

It's women's rights versus religion in Malawi abortion fight – DW – 11/06/2025 Women's rights groups have welcomed a decision by a Malawian court to allow safe abortions for women and girls subjected to sexual violence. But some religious groups oppose abortion.

Women's rights groups welcomed an Oct decision by a Malawian court to allow safe abortions for women and girls subjected to sexual violence. "This judgment is a vindication for all of us who have been lobbying for proper services for those who go through defilement and rape," said Emma Kaliya.

Obstetrician calls for urgent action to curb maternal mortality in Nigeria A Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at the Federal Medical Centre, Ebute Metta, Lagos, Dr. Odofin James Taiye

Dr. Odofin James Taiye has called for concerted efforts to tackle maternal deaths across Nigeria, warning that hundreds of women still lose their lives daily to preventable causes linked to pregnancy and childbirth - including unsafe abortion.

EU fund to help finance abortion-related travel clears first hurdle | Euractiv The push comes through an EU citizens’ initiative designed for civil society to shape law

Lawmakers on the European Parliament’s women’s rights committee voted Wed to back an EU fund that would help women travel abroad for abortions banned or restricted in their home countries. This is result of the My Voice, My Choice campaign that gathered over 1.1 million signatures.

Europe: Existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights European governments must act to ensure equal and universal access to abortion care in the face of ongoing restrictions and intensifying efforts to further limit access to abortion across the region, ...

A new report from Amnesty International finds that harmful and dangerous obstacles continue to undermine access to abortion care. This is in the context of increasingly well-resourced anti-rights groups ramping up their efforts to negatively influence policies and laws, via fear and misinformation.

Belén review – gripping true story of woman unjustly accused of illegal abortion In Argentina a lawyer fights to free a working-class woman jailed after the miscarriage of her baby in this heartfelt retelling

The film Belén is a gripping true story of an Argeninian woman unjustly accused of illegal abortion.
Belén is in UK and US cinemas from 7 November and on Prime Video from 14 November.

'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions 'Mife No Matter What': Community Abortion Providers Pledge to Continue Sharing Free Abortion Pills, Even if FDA Imposes Restrictions

Despite growing legal threats to the accessibility of abortion pills in the US, national networks of volunteers are working to distribute the medication, discretely and without cost to patients.

Initiative against abortion limits collects 10,000 signatures Over 10,000 signatures have been collected on the platform "ManaBalss.lv" against the idea of compulsory pre-abortion counselling, allowing the initiative to be submitted to the parliament, LETA repor...

In Latvia, some anti-choice politicians have called for the introduction of mandatory counselling for women needing an abortion. Over 10,000 signatures have been collected against the idea, allowing the initiative to be submitted to parliament.

After “Abortion”: A 1966 Book and the World That It Made - Public Books Before the book’s publication, no one, it seemed, wanted to talk about abortion publicly. But something changed with when the book finally arrived in 1966.

Six decades ago, Lawrence Lader’s book "Abortion" launched a US movement. In the days before the internet connected people, his book served as a link joining activists, doctors, lawyers, clergy people, and others impacted by restrictive abortion laws, who felt deeply that those needed to change.

Aid cuts are worsening Africa’s unsafe abortion crisis, researchers warn Funding cuts are set to block more women and girls from getting lifesaving healthcare and post-rape support, researcher Dr Jonna Both tells The Independent

In Benin, Cameroon, Togo, Burkina Faso and Cote D’Ivoire, survivors of sexual violence have the right to safe abortion in theory. But Dutch researchers found laws that existed on paper were not being enforced.

'Callous' amendment to include abortions in baby loss certificates defeated The amendment which was described as "callous", by an Alliance MLA, received 53 no votes to 23 yeses.

Northern Ireland: An amendment to a new bill on baby loss certificates, which would add specific language to include women who have had abortions, has been defeated. Abortions are already covered in the broad language of the bill.

Guttmacher Releases Most Comprehensive Evidence to Date on Global Family Planning Gaps, Investment and Economic Returns

The Guttmacher Institute has unveiled two groundbreaking research initiatives with comprehensive evidence of the transformative impact of family planning on women’s lives. Investing in comprehensive SRH care delivers immediate life-saving benefits and economically empowers women.

UK’s unregulated pregnancy scan clinics putting lives in danger, say experts Hospital specialists report cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and women erroneously told their babies had died

In the UK, many high street clinics provide unregulated ultrasounds. Hospital specialists say they have seen cases of missed health problems, misdiagnosed conditions, and situations in which women were erroneously told their babies were malformed or had died, and they needed an abortion.

Nigeria's Proposed Abortion Law: A Step Backward in a Public Health Crisis This article unpacks the Criminal Code Amendment Bill 2025, which threatens to increase penalties for abortion in Nigeria.

Shalom Tewobola: "The real conversation Nigeria needs goes deeper. It requires acknowledging that criminalizing abortion kills women. It means understanding that a pro-life policy that ignores maternal mortality is contradictory at its core."

“Strengthening Feminist Movements for Reproductive Autonomy” launches at Latin American Feminist Conference - World News and Press Release in English on World about Health and Protection and Human Rights; published on 3 Nov 2025 by MDM

A new multi-country initiative across Africa and Latin America has been launched to amplify the power of feminist and women-led civil society organizations. The MAREAS consortium brings together four organizations with decades of experience in reproductive health and rights.

Last week, later abortions came up as a point of contention in Australia’s Parliament because of a new bill that would make it illegal for companies to cancel paid parental leave if a baby dies or is born stillborn. So what’s the connection between that and late-term abortions? Podcast, 12:41 mins

Riverina abortion access remains 'postcode lottery' six years after legalisation, forum told | Region Riverina WARNING: This article discusses abortion. Abortion was decriminalised in NSW six years ago, but access still remains a postcode lottery…

Abortion was decriminalised in New South Wales six years ago, but access still remains a postcode lottery for people in regional Australia.

Consent paramount: MP HC denies abortion without minor’s agreement | Bhopal News - The Times of India Bhopal: The MP high court, while refusing the permission to order medical termination of pregnancy of a minor rape victim, said that making sexual and.

An Indian high court said that making sexual and reproductive choices is a fundamental right of an individual under the constitution. A minor rape victim and her parents had refused to have an abortion, but a judge had sought permission from a higher court to order an abortion.