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Peers vote to back clause pardoning women convicted over illegal abortions

House of Lords decision welcomed as ‘landmark moment’ after attempt to strike out amendment is defeated

The Guardian - UK

Lords vote to pardon women convicted of having an illegal abortion

Peers also rejected an attempt to overturn the move by MPs to decriminalise women terminating their own pregnancy.

Evening Standard

Revealed: a crypto billionaire’s political base hosting ‘anti-woke’ and rightwing activists in Westminster

Pardoned by Trump after violating US banking law, Ben Delo provides funding, networking, and podcasting space for a range of groups, including those with hardline views on migration and abortion

The Guardian - UK

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Lords urged to ensure women criminalised for abortion are ‘not left behind’

House to consider amendment that would pardon women in England and Wales affected by prior ‘unjust’ laws

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Paul Ehrlich Helped Create Roe v. Wade

Justice Blackmun echoed the Population Bomb's concerns about "population growth," and Ehrlich thought Roe supported "compulsory abortion."

Reason

Josh Hawley Moves To Ban Abortion Pills

His push relies on dubious data about the pills' safety.

Reason

Court Blocks Loud Preaching Outside Abortion Clinic

From State v. Andrade, decided Dec. 1, 2025 by Cumberland County (Maine) Superior Court Judge Darcie McElwee, but only recently… The post Court Blocks Loud Preaching Outside Abortion Clinic appeared first on Reason.com.

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Decriminalising abortion: how could the House of Lords amend the legislation?

After MPs voted last year to change the law in England and Wales, members of the Lords will now put forward proposed amendments

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Vulnerable women in England still being arrested over suspected illegal abortions

Nottinghamshire and Met police made arrests in past year, despite MPs voting to decriminalise in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Wyoming’s new six-week abortion ban prompts lawsuit

Bill faces constitutional hurdles as previous abortion bans were struck down by state supreme court in January

The Guardian - US

Trump Ally Bill Bennett Under Renewed Scrutiny Over Remarks That Black Abortions Would Lower Crime Rate

Controversy surrounds William J. Bennett's 2005 race and crime remarks, his Trump-era ties, and role as a foreign agent for Qatar, raising questions about his influence in US politics.

International Business Times UK

Trump’s new abortion policy ‘threatens UN protections for women and LGBT+ rights’

‘This could compound the global regression on gender equality that we have seen accelerate in the last year’

The Independent UK

Gwen Stefani Addresses Her Christian Pivot After Promoting Controversial Anti-Abortion App

Critics pointed to a prayer asking God to guide women considering abortion, including pregnancies from non-consensual acts.

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Fears for women’s rights in Chile as anti-abortion president set to take office

José Antonio Kast, who voted against legalising divorce in 2004, has pushed for return to total abortion ban

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Pop star Zara Larsson unleashes controversy after making an abortion joke on a fan’s TikTok post

It started as a joke that some consider distasteful and has grown into something larger.

The Independent UK

Wyoming governor signs ban on abortions after about 6 weeks but cites misgivings

Wyoming's governor on Monday signed a ban on abortion after cardiac activity can be detected in the embryo

The Conversation

Women in Ghana can access safe abortions: why are so many still using unsafe methods?

Ghana’s abortion law is relatively liberal. Abortion is legally permitted in the first trimester when a pregnancy endangers the mother’s life or physical or mental health, or when it is due to rape or incest. Thus, medication abortion has become more widely available.

The Guardian - UK

Jailed for losing a pregnancy: how progress on El Salvador’s harsh anti-abortion law is unravelling

Years of campaigning led to the release of 81 women imprisoned under the country’s strict reproductive laws, but the suspension of civil rights by President Nayib Bukele is fuelling a new wave of criminalisation

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US moving pregnant immigrant girls to Texas to avoid providing abortions, critics say

Ex-official calls transfer of unaccompanied girls as young as 13, many pregnant due to rape, a human rights violation

Euronews

My Voice, My Choice citizens' initiative hails 'historic' EU decision on accessible abortion

The EU announced a social fund can be used for cross-border abortion access, drawing mixed reactions from politicians. Nonetheless, the move marks an unusual step taken by the European Union, as healthcare policy is typically determined at a national level.

The Guardian - UK

EU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc

Women from countries with near-total bans on terminations will be given help to access services elsewhere

Euronews

European Commission says EU funds can be used for cross-border abortion access

The decision comes in reaction to a campaign launched by the citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice", which raised 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 EU member states asking for improved access to safe abortions in Europe.

Euronews

Left-wing MEPs push European Commission to finance abortions across borders

Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested.

The Conversation

Abortion laws show that public policy doesn’t always line up with public opinion

Representational government rests on a simple idea: that the laws the nation lives under generally reflect what the public wants. In the United States, few issues test that idea more than abortion.

The Independent UK

Tennessee Republicans propose bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have an abortion

House Bill 570 allows for death penalty to be imposed on women who have abortions, as well as charging women ‘involved in the homicide of her own unborn child’

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