Category: Reproductive rights

Senior Labour figures seeking to water down plans to decriminalise abortion

MPs due to have free vote on proposal but some in party have privately expressed concerns it goes too farPolice have demanded records from UK abortion provider 32 times since 2020Senior Labour figures want to water down proposed...

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State of the Union address live: Biden to mention reproductive rights and Gaza but ignore Trump

US president to make last State of the Union speech of this presidential term, with much at stake as he heads into re-election fight against TrumpWho is Katie Britt? Alabama senator delivering rebuttalJoe Biden’s State of...

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‘Horrifying numbers’ of women and girls will die because of UK aid cuts, say MPs

FCDO cuts hit most vulnerable hardest, report says, with girl in South Sudan more likely to die in childbirth than finish schoolBritish aid cuts have had a “devastating” effect on women and girls around the world,...

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Nurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, UK study concludes

If adopted, shake-up of 1967 Abortion Act would scrap rule that two doctors must approve terminationNurses and midwives should be able to approve abortions, MPs have been told, in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups of...

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Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’

Reports that fighters have threatened those issuing birth control medicines come as Afghan midwives and activists warn of impact on women’s health and rightsTaliban fighters have stopped the sale of contraceptives in two...

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UK government honoured anti-abortion figure before editing women’s rights statement

Former US envoy given award at conference now engulfed in row over changes to reproductive rights pledges, while participant list revealed to have included members of group accused of hate speechThe British government presented...

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UK in diplomatic standoff over deletion of abortion rights from gender statement

Exclusive: Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands refuse to sign edited version, drawing up new phrasing including women and girls’ sexual and reproductive rightsThe UK government is in a diplomatic standoff with three...

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Senior Tory urges Liz Truss to explain deletion of abortion rights from statement

Exclusive: Equalities committee chair Caroline Nokes joins international outcry after UK dilutes commitment to women’s rights without consultationA senior Conservative MP has asked the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, to...

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Women accused of illegal abortions in England and Wales after miscarriages and stillbirths

Dozens of investigations have been launched by police in the past 10 years into suspected breaches of 1861 lawWomen in England and Wales who have suffered miscarriages or stillbirths are being investigated by police on suspicion...

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