Abortion
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‘One-man anti-abortion army’: shadow of US global gag rule looms over Nepal’s family planning services
Since the country legalised abortion, maternal mortality rates have plummeted. But US-funded programmes and a …
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Women’s health at risk from UK aid cuts, Foreign Office warned
Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldH…
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Japan approves abortion pill for the first time
Health ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill …
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Chinese government attempts to boost birth rate with new policies
Measures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declin…
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Feminists in India applaud their abortion rights – but they don’t extend to Dalit women | Shreeja Rao
The cost of reproductive care and the discrimination we face leaves my community effectively excluded from any…
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Spotlight back on abortion in New Zealand after US Roe v Wade ruling
MPs spar over their stances, with opposition leader Christopher Luxon forced to manage the gulf between his pe…
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Greta stands with Sami and Navalny on trial again: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Myanmar to Mexico Continue readi…
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‘Families want a son at any cost’: the women forced to abort female foetuses in India
Laali and Meenakshi’s unborn daughters are among the country’s 46 million ‘missing’ women and girls over the p…
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Lives lost at Europe’s borders and Afghan MPs in exile: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
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Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
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Abortion pledge adds to scepticism over women’s rights in China
Analysis: plan to reduce abortions as birthrates plunge draws comparisons to The Handmaid’s TaleFar-reaching p…
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Japan urged to abolish third-party consent from abortion law
Restrictions amount to ‘sexual assault’ on women by Japanese state, say rights campaignersWomen’s health campa…
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China to clamp down on abortions for ‘non-medical purposes’
Policy uses women as tool for economic goals and could endanger their lives, says rights groupChina’s pledge t…
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The disappeared in Mexico, Afghan female footballers and a giant puppet: human rights this fortnight in pictures
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‘Reclaim These Streets’ and rubber duck rallies: human rights roundup – in pictures
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