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Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe abortions and die in pregnancy and childbirth, ministers toldHundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of UK aid cuts in 20…
Read MoreHealth ministry gives green light for two-step treatment to end pregnancies up to nine weeksThe abortion pill is to become available in Japan for the first time after the health ministry approved a drug used to terminate early-stage pregnancies.Abortio…
Read MoreMeasures include improved maternal healthcare and efforts to reduce abortions as China seeks to reverse declining population growthThe Chinese government has pledged to improve pre- and post-natal services to encourage more people to have children and …
Read MoreThe cost of reproductive care and the discrimination we face leaves my community effectively excluded from any gains madeSitting in my second-year law class as Roe v Wade was overturned, I watched young women hail India’s abortion legislation. My heart…
Read MoreMPs spar over their stances, with opposition leader Christopher Luxon forced to manage the gulf between his personal views and National party policyAs the repeal of Roe v Wade rolls back women’s abortion rights in the US, New Zealand politicians are fa…
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Read MoreLaali and Meenakshi’s unborn daughters are among the country’s 46 million ‘missing’ women and girls over the past 50 yearsLaali was alone at home when she realised her legs were drenched in blood. The bleeding did not stop for eight hours. As she fell …
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Read MoreAnalysis: plan to reduce abortions as birthrates plunge draws comparisons to The Handmaid’s TaleFar-reaching proposals from Beijing on “women’s development” have sparked concern over a pledge to reduce abortions, with feminists and academics pointing t…
Read MoreRestrictions amount to ‘sexual assault’ on women by Japanese state, say rights campaignersWomen’s health campaigners have urged Japan’s government to amend a law that forces married women to seek consent from their husbands before they can have an abo…
Read MorePolicy uses women as tool for economic goals and could endanger their lives, says rights groupChina’s pledge to limit abortions puts women’s bodies under the state’s control just as the one-child policy did and could endanger the lives of women seeking…
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Read MoreA wide range of issues affecting women, from abortion rights to femicide, were highlighted at rallies and events for International Women’s Day on 8 March Continue reading…
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