abortion

The February 2022 floods in northern NSW saw women experiencing higher rates of unplanned or unwanted pregnancies, new research has found.

Surrogacy can exploit women, but others may choose to be involved for altruistic reasons. A scholar points out that surrogacy’s ethical value is dependent upon the people and systems who use it.

A woman in the US has been charged with abuse of a corpse after miscarrying her foetus at 21 weeks pregnant.

The WA parliament passed a landmark bill on Wednesday evening, removing legal provisions of abortion from the state’s criminal code.

In a win for reproductive rights internationally, Mexico has decriminalised abortion nationwide removing it from the federal penal code.

The woman’s case has prompted thousands of protesters to call on the British government for abortion law reform.

The medical abortion pill will be easier to access under changes that will allow more doctors to prescribe it and any pharmacist to stock it. 

As the Senate inquiry report states, abortion is a postcode lottery. Many women don’t know how to get an abortion or where to go.

A group of researchers improving reproductive rights shares their hope for today’s senate inquiry to fiscally commit to abortion care.

A woman suing the state of Texas after she was denied an abortion has told a Senate hearing that she “nearly died” because of the policies supported by Senator Ted Cruz and Senator John Cornyn. 

From today, residents in the ACT can access medical and surgical abortions for free — including those without a Medicare card.

Pro-abortion demonstrators march to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Roe v Wade being signed into law in the U.S