A Moroccan journalist has been sentenced to a year in prison for premarital sex and having an abortion, in a case activists say is part of a crackdown on critical reporters. Hajar Raissouni was arrested […]
The remains of more than 2,000 foetuses have been found at the Illinois home of a former abortion doctor. The family of Dr Ulrich Klopfer discovered the remains while sorting through the doctor’s property after […]
Prosecutors in El Salvador are appealing against a retrial verdict that cleared a young woman of murdering her newborn child. Evelyn Hernández, 21, was acquitted last month in a case which gained international attention. Her […]
A 21-year-old woman in El Salvador whose baby was found dead in the toilet where she gave birth has been cleared during a retrial. Evelyn Hernández had always maintained she was innocent, saying that she […]
A woman in El Salvador has pleaded not guilty at her retrial to charges of aggravated homicide after her baby died when she gave birth in a toilet. She has said the baby was stillborn, […]
A court in El Salvador has freed a woman who was sentenced to 30 years in prison after she gave birth to a stillborn baby in a toilet. Evelyn Beatríz Hernández Cruz, 20, had served […]
Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland’s abortion law. The court dismissed an appeal brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). But a majority of […]
The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to overturn the abortion ban by 66.4% to 33.6%. A referendum held on Friday resulted in a landslide win for the repeal side. Currently, abortion is only allowed when […]
A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was reduced. Abortion […]
The wording of Ireland’s abortion referendum has been finalised, giving the go-ahead for voters to have their say on the issue. The Irish government formally approved the referendum bill at a cabinet meeting in Dublin […]
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