News of abortion rights

Abortion access under threat amid ‘chainsaw’ cuts

07-03-2025 00:01 At a women's sexual health NGO in the town of Chivilcoy, abortion pills are handed out sparingly because of reduced state-sponsored supplies.

HUMAN RIGHTS

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

23-12-2024 21:01 Amnesty International praised a ruling by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemning El Salvador for denying a woman a life-saving abortion in 2013.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Against abortion, for LGBTQ rights: Vatican defends 'human dignity'

08-04-2024 16:14 Vatican publishes new text condemning "grave violations of human dignity," listing abortion, surrogacy and gender theory alongside discrimination against migrants and LGBTQ people.

8M Rally

'We will be a tsunami' – Green tide fills streets surrounding Congress on 8M

09-03-2024 19:48 Thousands of women of all ages demonstrated near Congress to make their slogans against sexist violence heard.

by Sabrina Chemen

Women's Rights

Organised backlash unravels progress in women's rights

08-03-2024 06:10 Conservative counter-campaigns are unravelling global advances in women's rights, the latest "backlash" in a series dating to the 1980s, activists and experts warned ahead of International Women's Day on Friday.

#8M: WOMEN'S RIGHTS

Feminists ready to rally for rights in face of Milei pushback

06-03-2024 09:37 International Women’s Day takes place this week and feminists across Argentina are ready to take to the streets to highlight the food crisis, the right to abortion, the pay gap, gender violence and much more.

by Ashton Goren

Abortion rights

Abortion protection in French Constitution is 'message of hope' for other nations

05-03-2024 12:41 France's new "guaranteed freedom" to have an abortion may transcend borders and "give a boost to the recognition of this fundamental right" in the world, experts and activists argue.

Abortion rights

France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first

04-03-2024 16:39 Lawmakers in Versailles vote to anchor the right to abortion in the constitution, making France the first country in the world to enshrine explicit protection for terminating a pregnancy in basic law.

Abortion law

'Not on president's agenda' – Spokesperson denies Milei link to abortion bill

08-02-2024 15:26 Executive branch is suspicious of the proposal and denies the possibility of going for repeal in the immediate future.

Abortion rights

Lawmakers from Milei’s party send bill to Congress seeking to repeal abortion law

08-02-2024 09:47 Lawmakers from President Javier Milei’s party introduce bill to Congress that would repeal landmark abortion law passed in December 2020.

Abortion rights

Milei officials hint government will seek repeal of abortion law

25-01-2024 16:15 Government spokesperson latest to hint that repeal of abortion law is on President Javier Milei's agenda.

Abortion rights

#28S rally: Thousands gather in capital to march in favour of legal abortion

29-09-2023 15:47 Downtown Buenos Aires was taken over by feminist groups on Thursday, as demonstrators rallied to retain abortion rights in the wake of a policy U-turn proposed by leading presidential candidate Javier Milei.

by Andrea Puerto

News of abortion rights

Abortion access under threat amid ‘chainsaw’ cuts

IACHR condemns El Salvador for denying abortion to sick woman

Against abortion, for LGBTQ rights: Vatican defends 'human dignity'

'We will be a tsunami' – Green tide fills streets surrounding Congress on 8M

Organised backlash unravels progress in women's rights

Feminists ready to rally for rights in face of Milei pushback

Abortion protection in French Constitution is 'message of hope' for other nations

France enshrines abortion as constitutional right in world first

'Not on president's agenda' – Spokesperson denies Milei link to abortion bill

Lawmakers from Milei’s party send bill to Congress seeking to repeal abortion law

Milei officials hint government will seek repeal of abortion law

#28S rally: Thousands gather in capital to march in favour of legal abortion

Huge quake off Russia sparks Pacific tsunamis

US judge orders Argentina’s Economy Minister to turn over YPF texts

Lower export duties: the government seeks farm dollars to tame the rising greenback

Milei receives Trump’s Homeland Security czar for a Visa Waiver Program agreement

The secrets of Leonardo Scatturice, Milei’s lobbyist in Washington

Mar del Plata: encontraron una bolsa con inscripciones chinas en el mar a más de 1.200 metros de profundidad

Cúneo Libarona le ofreció sus contactos judiciales, políticos y mediáticos a un exespía americano y la oposición exige su renuncia

Alerta de tsunami en Chile, Ecuador y Perú por sismo de 8,8 en Rusia: ¿cuánto demora en llegar una ola tras un terremoto?

Japón recibió las primeras olas del tsunami tras el terremoto en Rusia: hay dos millones de personas evacuadas

Histórico terremoto de magnitud 8,7 en Rusia provocó alertas de tsunami, inundaciones y evacuaciones masivas