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Biden administration sues Texas over restrictive abortion law

September 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit challenging Texas’ controversial abortion law. “The act is clearly unconstitutional,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a briefing on Thursday. It bans abortions from as […]

Mexico decriminalises abortion in landmark ruling

September 7, 2021 World Justice News 0

Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies are unconstitutional. The ruling, for the northern state of Coahuila, prevents women from being prosecuted for getting an abortion. Abortion is currently severely restricted […]

Mississippi abortion: US Supreme Court to hear major abortion case

May 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to Mississippi’s 15-week ban on abortion in a major case that will be closely watched across the US. The verdict could upend the legal right […]

Argentina abortion: Senate votes in favour of legalisation

December 30, 2020 World Justice News 0

Argentina’s Congress has legalised abortions up to the 14th week of pregnancy, a ground-breaking law for a region that has some of the world’s most restrictive termination laws. Senators voted in favour of the bill […]

Coronavirus: Home abortions approved during outbreak

March 31, 2020 World Justice News 0

Patients in England can now have home abortions during the Covid-19 outbreak, the government in England has said. Abortion policy has changed several times during the current pandemic. Women and girls wanting to terminate an early pregnancy […]

Sweden abortion: Nurses fail in European court case

March 15, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two nurses denied jobs as midwives in Sweden because of their refusal to perform abortions have lost their legal action against Sweden at the European Court of Human Rights. Swedish-born Ellinor Grimmark and Linda Steen […]

Argentina abortion: President Alberto Fernández proposes legalisation

March 2, 2020 World Justice News 0

Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández has said he will send a bill to legalise abortion to Congress within the next 10 days. Mr Fernández, who was sworn in as president in December, has previously described abortion […]

Alabama abortion law: Judge blocks bill from taking effect

October 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

A federal judge has temporarily blocked an abortion ban in Alabama that would criminalise the procedure at any stage of a pregnancy in most cases. Abortion rights groups sued the state after Republican lawmakers approved […]

Abortion: Northern Ireland law ‘breaches human rights’

October 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

Northern Ireland’s abortion law breaches the UK’s human rights commitments, the High Court ruled. The case was taken in Belfast by Sarah Ewart, who challenged the law after she was denied a termination. The judge […]

Georgia abortion ban: Federal judge temporarily blocks bill

October 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US federal judge has temporarily blocked a strict new abortion bill in the state of Georgia that would have banned terminations as early as six weeks into pregnancy. The bill, signed in May by […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]