Right to abortion
When will abortion become a right for every pregnant person in India?

The 2021 amendment to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act fails on two very important counts: in making abortion a right, and in actually granting access to abortion

Women's Protest - Malta Women’s rights groups in Malta intensify campaign to legalize abortion

Currently, Malta remains the only country in the European Union with a total ban on abortions. As a result, hundreds of women are forced to travel abroad to access abortions each year

US Senate votes against legalizing abortion 46-48; struggle for full reproductive rights will continue until victory

The United States Senate has failed to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would have enshrined abortion access into law

Women's Protest-Poland Women in Poland demand justice for victim of anti-abortion law

Progressive sections in Poland blame the Constitutional Court’s notorious anti-abortion directive for the death of a 30-year-old woman from pregnancy-related complications in Pszczyna hospital

What does Texas abortion ban mean for reproductive rights in the US?

In the new edition of Peoples Health Dispatch, listen to Leigh Kamore Haynes and Ana Vračar from the People’s Health Movement discuss these developments and their implications.

Thousands across US march in defense of abortion rights

The Texas bill that severely restricts abortion has set a dangerous precedent which will allow other conservative States to challenge reproductive rights through similar bills

The Texas abortion ban ensures only the privileged get access to reproductive care

For too long, politicians relied on the Supreme Court to uphold the right to an abortion. Now that the Texas law has been allowed to take effect, its prime targets are low-income people of color.

Mexico decriminalizes abortion in historic ruling

Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the laws that penalize women and pregnant persons for terminating their pregnancy are unconstitutional. With the historic decision, the country’s top court decriminalized abortions across national territory

US jury indicts police and medics in the killing of Elijah McClain and other stories

Today we look at the indictment of police and paramedics in the killing of Elijah McClain, the new abortion law enforced in the US state of Texas, and more

Mexican state of Hidalgo legalizes abortion

With the historic decision, Hidalgo becomes the third state after Mexico City and Oaxaca to legalize elective abortions

Women’s groups across Europe mark International Women’s Day

The COVID-19 pandemic and the rise in oppression prompted by misogynist, conservative and far-right groups across Europe have threatened rights, lives and livelihoods of women across Europe

As protests continue, Polish government takes a step back in implementing anti-abortion law

Women’s groups and progressive sections are continuing to hold massive protests across Poland against the anti-abortion ruling by the country’s constitutional court.