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 unsafe abortions. The plea was made on Thursday, during a community dialogue…
Following the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, two large Illinois abortion providers saw a 35% increase in abortions, driven by out-of-state patients who lived where abortion care was illegal or…
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 new research.
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.
Proponents of the restriction laws say there's no evidence that they've affected the ability to get an abortion in Arizona, citing stats that say annual abortions in the state have risen by nearly 70% from 2009.
Four proposed amendments to Virginia's state constitution could reach voters as early as the spring, after Tuesday's election gave Democrats a bigger edge in the House of Delegates.
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
Donovan Faison faces the death penalty for murdering his girlfriend, Kaylin Fiengo, at a park in Sanford, Florida, in 2022 after she refused an abortion.
A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state’s “shield …
A judge on Friday tossed a Texas lawsuit seeking to hold a clerk accountable for not enforcing a ruling from the Lone Star State against an abortion provider from the Empire State. Justice David M. Gandin, who sits on the county Supreme…