Abortion rights Rape of 10-year-old jolts US abortion debate 13-07-2022 20:41 Reports that a 10-year-old rape victim had to cross state lines to terminate her pregnancy draws broad attention in the United States.
ABORTION RIGHTS Argentine demonstrators protest anti-abortion ruling outside US Embassy 27-06-2022 21:02 Group of female protesters march to the American Embassy in Buenos Aires to repudiate US Supreme Court ruling that overturns federal right to abortion in United States.
ABORTION RIGHTS As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them 27-06-2022 13:22 As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.
Abortion rights 'Massive setback' if US abortion rights overturned, says UN human rights chief 19-05-2022 12:30 Overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that guaranteed nationwide abortion access in the US, would be contrary to international human rights standards, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said Wednesday.
Abortion Debate After abortion, gay marriage? Fears US court may target other rights 05-05-2022 13:51 With the US Supreme Court poised to roll back half a century of abortion rights, activists fear conservatives will set their sights on other constitutional freedoms like same sex unions.
Abortion Debate Biden calls for US voters to push back on 'radical' abortion draft ruling 03-05-2022 15:07 Joe Biden on Tuesday urged US voters to defend access to abortion, describing as “radical” a draft Supreme Court ruling that suggested the conservative-dominated high court was poised to shred nearly 50 years of constitutional protections by striking down the nationwide right.
ABORTION DEBATE Overturning Roe would set US against global wave on abortion rights 03-05-2022 14:06 United States would stand in contrast to countries like Argentina and Ireland, where abortion access has increased in recent years.
ABORTION RIGHTS Colombian court decriminalises abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy 22-02-2022 10:31 Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to decriminalise abortion access, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.
Abortion rights Horror in Tucumán: 10-year-old girl gives birth following rape 14-01-2022 17:24 Young girl had been sexually abused by her foster mother's partner; Accused has been on the run since last October.
ABORTION RIGHTS A year on from passage of Argentina’s abortion law, change remains slow 13-01-2022 08:00 The passage of the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill roughly one year ago gave hope to millions of women in Argentina, but changing mentalities, practices and infrastructure has proved more difficult.
LGBT rights Chile same-sex marriage vote delayed, abortion bill shelved 30-11-2021 16:05 Chile's parliament on Tuesday postponed a vote on a long-awaited bill to legalise same-sex marriage and shelved another to decriminalise abortion.
ABORTION RIGHTS Thousands march for abortion rights in Latin America 29-09-2021 08:47 Thousands of women took to the streets across Latin America Tuesday to demand abortion rights, a practice largely prohibited in the region where hundreds of women are serving prison time under draconian laws.
Abortion rights Mexico's Supreme Court rules criminalising abortion is unconstitutional 08-09-2021 11:36 Mexico’s Supreme Court unanimously declares that criminalising early-term abortion is unconstitutional, a historic decision that loosens limits on the procedure in a region where few countries offer access without restriction.
Latin America Costa Rica deputy stages parliament sit-in to protest abortion bill 25-03-2021 15:06 Costa Rican legislator from the conservative New Republic party has spent the last three days barefoot in the middle of the country's National Assembly hall to protest against a possible bill to legalise abortion.
Abortion rights Abortion becomes legal in Argentina as Chile starts a debate 15-01-2021 13:12 President Alberto Fernández signs bill allowing abortion until 14th week of pregnancy into law.
ABORTO RIGHTS A look at abortion rights around the world 30-12-2020 10:44 After Argentina became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalise the process, here's a snapshot of the global situation.
Abortion bill Amnesty gathers 250,000 signatures for legal abortion in Argentina 17-12-2020 19:29 Ahead of the Senate vote on legalising abortion in Argentina, Amnesty International collected signatures in support of the bill from numerous countries, including Brazil, Canada, Taiwan, and Britain.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS Brazil expands requirements for abortion in rape cases 30-08-2020 09:54 Brazil expanded its requirements Friday for rape victims seeking an abortion, including a rule that medical staff must tell the woman she can see the embryo or foetus via ultrasound.