The island removes requirement for face-to-face consultations, meaning women can be remotely prescribed abortion medication Sarah* found out she was five weeks pregnant earlier this year. For the mother of three, carrying on with the pregnancy was out …
From climate crisis to Brexit, alarmists have been proved right. It’s time to start listening | Arwa Mahdawi
There have been plenty of warnings about environmental catastrophe, food shortages and the erosion of reproductive rights in the US. After the horrors of the last week, it is more urgent than ever to heed themAfter a week of apocalyptic weather and dys…
Mexico’s supreme court rules criminal penalties for abortion unconstitutional
Court orders Coahuila to remove sanctions for abortion from criminal code, clearing a path to decriminalisation across MexicoMexico’s supreme court has struck down a state abortion law, ruling that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies are unc…
Even Epik says the Texas abortion “whistleblower” site violates its rules
Epik says “collecting anonymous tips” about abortions violates its terms of use.
Texas Right to Life website exposed job applicants’ resumes
Anti-abortion group Texas Right to Life exposed the personal information of hundreds of job applicants after a website bug allowed anyone to access their resumes, which were stored in an unprotected directory on its website. A security researcher told TechCrunch that the group’s main website, built largely in WordPress, was not properly protecting the file […]
UN experts condemn Texas abortion law as sex discrimination ‘at its worst’
Exclusive: human rights lawyer criticizes the supreme court and says new law will ‘make abortion unsafe and deadly’United Nations human rights monitors have strongly condemned the state of Texas for its new anti-abortion law, which they say violates in…
What would happen if I were pregnant in Texas right now? | Zoe Ettinger
Texas just banned abortion at six weeks. I didn’t even know I was pregnant until five, and that’s earlier than mostFour years ago, when I was a 22-year-old college student in Virginia, I found out I was pregnant. I knew I was late, maybe a bit longer t…
Texas judge temporarily shields clinics from anti-abortion group lawsuits
Draconian law took effect this week after supreme court nodDistrict judge responds to Planned Parenthood request‘Roe v Wade is a husk’: anguish and anger in Texas A Texas judge temporarily shielded abortion clinics from lawsuits by an anti-abortion gro…
‘Outraged, sickened, terrified’: Guardian readers on the Texas abortion ban
Nine Guardian readers share their thoughts on the ruling that bans most abortions – and what it means for reproductive rightsThe US supreme court voted 5-4 to allow a Texas law banning most abortions to remain in force. The law prohibits abortions once…
It’s not just Texas – anti-abortion activists are targeting women’s rights in Europe | Mara Clarke
Draconian laws in European countries and the effects of Brexit and Covid-19 are making safe terminations harder to accessMara Clarke is the founder of Abortion Support NetworkThe state of Texas now has the most restrictive abortion law to be passed in …