France’s Senate on Wednesday adopted a bill to enshrine the right to an abortion in the constitution, clearing a key hurdle for legislation promised by President Emmanuel Macron in response to a rollback in abortion rights in the United States. CBC | World News
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North Dakota judge rejects temporary exemption to section of abortion ban that targets doctors
A North Dakota judge on Tuesday rejected a temporary block on a part of the state’s revised abortion laws that would have allowed doctors to perform the procedure when they deem it necessary to save a patient’s life or health. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks woman from getting emergency abortion
The Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion on Friday, shortly after the state’s attorney general requested the block. CBC | World News
Read More »Texas attorney general threatens doctors with prosecution after court rules woman can get emergency abortion
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday threatened to prosecute any doctors involved in providing an emergency abortion to a woman, hours after she won a court order allowing her to obtain one for medical necessity. CBC | World News
Read More »Ohio votes to entrench abortion rights in state constitution
Democrats and abortion rights advocates notched a string of electoral victories on Tuesday, including in conservative Ohio and Kentucky, an early signal that reproductive rights remain a potent issue for Democrats ahead of the 2024 presidential race. CBC | World News
Read More »Britney Spears wrote of having an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake in excerpts from memoir
Britney Spears wrote that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago, according to a peek inside her hotly anticipated memoir. CBC | World News
Read More »Abortion, same-sex marriage to be decriminalized in Northern Ireland
Campaigners who fought for decades to end Northern Ireland’s same-sex marriage ban and restrictions on abortion gathered in Belfast on Monday to prepared for a momentous change to the laws on both at the stroke of midnight. CBC | World News
Read More »Poland’s election features a confident right-wing ruling party despite abortion, LGBT debates
Poland, which holds a parliamentary election next Sunday, has been following in the footsteps of Hungary, turning toward conservative policies. Polls have indicated the ruling party is likely to control the government for another term. CBC | World News
Read More »Alabamians might ‘hold their nose’ to back Roy Moore for one reason — abortion
Alabama’s Senate election might be defined by sexual misconduct allegations, but its outcome could be decided by how willing voters in one of the reddest states in the union are to support pro-choice Democrat Doug Jones. CBC | World News
Read More »The Last Post viewers shocked by upsetting abortion scene: ‘That was horrifying’
THE LAST POST aired its gripping fourth instalment of the season tonight, but viewers were left stunned when one character attempted to perform a home-abortion on herself. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
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