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Justice Department Fires 4 Prosecutors Over Alleged Bias in Anti-Abortion Cases

The U.S. Department of Justice has fired four federal prosecutors who worked on cases involving anti-abortion activists, escalating a growing political and legal battle over how abortion-related laws were enforced during the previous administration.

Latin Times

MPs back pardon for women convicted of having illegal abortions

It follows a landmark vote in the Commons last year

The Independent UK

California Law Restricts Naming Abortion/Gender-Affirming Care Providers/Patients (+ Soon Immigration Support Services Providers?) …

online, after they send a demand that they not be named (and declare that there has been an online-naming-related threat or incitement against them by someone else).

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Preserve, alter or end? Each proposed for family planning funds

The Trump administration’s mixed messaging on federal family planning funds has anti-abortion groups simultaneously outraged and optimistic, after the administration rolled out widely divergent goals over a matter of days during the spring Congressional recess. The conflicting policies related to Title X family planning funds included eliminating such funds entirely,…

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‘I jumped at it’: Australia’s new CDC chief on trust, misinformation and never being surprised by a health threat

Zoe Wainer’s parents started the country’s first public abortion clinic. Now she is making history too, as the inaugural head of the Australian Centre for Disease Control

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‘Am I going to die?’: more women join challenge to Arkansas abortion ban

Case argues law violates state constitution’s guarantee to life, liberty, equality and the pursuit of happiness

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin elects liberal judge to Supreme Court in major win for abortion rights

Chris Taylor’s win guarantees a liberal majority on the court until at least 2030

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Judge refuses to block sending abortion pill by mail for now, but says FDA must finish review

A federal judge has ruled that the abortion drug mifepristone can continue to be dispensed by mail to people with prescriptions, at least for now

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South Texas officials dismissed from woman’s wrongful arrest lawsuit in controversial abortion case

Starr County remains the sole defendant in a suit seeking $1 million in damages filed by Lizelle Gonzalez, who accused local officials of malicious prosecution and conspiracy.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Trump Over Continued Planned Parenthood Funding: 'Complete and Total Betrayal'

Following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022, Greene described the decision as a "great victory for God and the unborn"

Latin Times

Chile’s new President José Antonio Kast brings openly religious views to a changing country

Chile’s new president is a devout Catholic in a country that has grown increasingly secular but retains conservative traits in various areas

The Independent UK

College Republicans director made racist and sexist remarks on live streams

Review of Kai Schwemmer’s broadcasts undermines claim ‘process of growth’ had led him to abandon bigoted views

The Guardian - US

US abortion rate holds steady largely due to travel and telehealth availability – report

Shift seen away from from traveling to states with legal abortion in favor of telehealth and mail-order pills

The Guardian - US

What’s behind the push for more Australian babies? ‘It’s a phenomenon we’re seeing all over the world’

The Nationals have canvassed a vision of the future with bigger families. Pronatalist policies aren’t new – but they’re looking increasingly partisan

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Misleading headlines claim UK legalised abortion until birth

A network of online European outlets and social media posts are claiming that the United Kingdom will now allow abortion up until the moment of birth, based on a confusion of the terms “decriminalisation” and “legalisation”.

International Business Times UK

Georgia Woman Charged With Murder in Abortion Pill Case Released on $1 Bail

A Georgia woman charged in a murder case linked to abortion pills has been released on $1 bail, raising questions about abortion laws, criminal charges, and legal boundaries in the US.

The Conversation

Teens are driving the demand for online abortion pills via telehealth – new research

Teens in the U.S. are obtaining medication abortion pills through telehealth, and young people age 18 to 24 are ordering medication abortion at much higher rates than older adults.

International Business Times UK

Georgia Woman Charged With Murder Over Abortion Pills Gets $1 Bail—Why Was It Set So Low?

The controversial case of a Georgia woman charged with murder for taking abortion pills underscores the legal challenges and implications of the state's strict abortion laws.

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Judge sets $1 bail for Georgia woman charged with murder for taking abortion pills

Alexia Moore was arrested under a Georgia law that bans abortions after detection of embryonic cardiac activity

The Times of India

Who was Kermit Gosnell? ‘House of horrors’ abortion doctor convicted of killing newborn babies dies in prison

Kermit Gosnell, a former abortion doctor from West Philadelphia, has died at the age of 85 while serving multiple life sentences in prison. He had most recently been lodged at the State Correctional Institution-Smithfield, located nearly 60 miles south of Pittsburgh.

The Independent UK

States with bans are working hard to fight telehealth-prescribed abortion pills

Multiple states are challenging the federal rules that allow mifepristone to be prescribed via telehealth

The Independent UK

Viola Davis teams up with bestselling author to tackle America’s abortion debate in powerful new novel

Actor Viola Davis has teamed up with thriller author James Patterson on a new book

The Independent UK

Abortion pills are gaining ground as a method for ending pregnancies, and opponents are responding

Lawmakers in states where abortion is already banned are focusing on measures intended to crack down on abortion pills

The Independent UK

Dr. Kermit Gosnell, convicted of killing babies at Philadelphia abortion clinic, dies at 85

Philadelphia abortion clinic doctor Kermit Gosnell, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing babies that had been born alive, has died

The Mary Sue

Georgia woman’s nightmare takes chilling turn as police bring shocking murder charge for abortion pills

A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after police say she took pills to induce an abortion, a shocking development in the ongoing legal battles surrounding reproductive rights. Alexia Moore, 31, has been jailed in Camden County since March 4, also facing charges of illegal drug possession. This case…

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