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Biden goes to church a day after challenge from bishops on abortion

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 20 10:19 AM

President Joe Biden went to church Saturday in his hometown a day after US Roman Catholic bishops issued a challenge to him over his support for abortion rights. Read more »

US bishops vote to draft Communion statement that may rebuke Biden for abortion views

Gabriella Borter and Julia Harte, Reuters
Posted at Jun 19 05:14 AM

A divided conference of US Roman Catholic bishops announced on Friday that they had voted to draft a statement on Holy Communion that may admonish Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, who support abortion rights. Read more »

Texas city bans abortion, allows family to sue providers, helpers

Brad Brooks, Reuters
Posted at May 04 01:28 PM

LUBBOCK, Texas - Declaring Lubbock a "sanctuary city" for the unborn, voters have approved a local ban on almost all abortions, and the Texas legislature is considering a law to bar the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. Read more »

Polish doctors torn over mental health as grounds to bypass near-total abortion ban

Joanna Plucinska and Kuba Stezycki, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 04:50 PM

Polish law now considers only incest, rape or a threat to a mother's life and health as valid grounds to terminate a pregnancy. Read more »

Women's rights: Long way to go after century of progress

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 07 05:30 AM

A World Economic Forum study found that at present rates of change gender parity still won't happen in our lifetimes. Read more »

Pope Francis urges US reconciliation as bishops call out Biden on abortion

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 04:59 AM

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis told US President Joe Biden on Wednesday that he was praying that God would guide his efforts to bring reconciliation in the United States, while the nation's bishops condemned Biden's pro-choice stand on abortion. Read more »

Abortion becomes legal in Argentina

Sonia Avalos, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:18 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighboring Chile initiated its own debate on decriminalizing a procedure denied to most women on the continent. Read more »

Abortion protests attempting to 'destroy' Poland: ruling party

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 28 04:51 AM

WARSAW - The influential leader of Poland's ruling party on Tuesday criticized protests against a near-total ban on abortion as an attempt to "destroy" the nation and rallied party members to defend Catholic churches. Read more »

Top Polish court to rule on abortions for birth defects

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 01:58 PM

Poland's constitutional court will on Thursday look into a bid to tighten the devout Catholic country's abortion law, which is already one of Europe's most restrictive.  Read more »

US Supreme Court declines to block mail delivery of abortion pill

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 09:42 AM

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily allowed a drug used for medication-induced abortions to be mailed or delivered during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Trump hits Biden over 'liberal' abortion stance

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 07 04:54 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump assailed White House rival Joe Biden on Tuesday for telling voters that he would seek to enshrine abortion rights in US law should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v Wade. Read more »

US Supreme Court rejects key challenge to abortion rights

Charlotte Plantive, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 30 12:43 PM

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Louisiana law that tightly restricted access to abortion in the first constitutional test of abortion rights since President Donald Trump named two conservative justices to the top court.   Read more »

Unintended consequences of ECQ: Unplanned and unwanted pregnancies

Bernice Beltran
Posted at May 10 02:10 AM

A center offers help and counselling for young women facing unwanted pregnancies. Read more »

New Zealand decriminalizes abortion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 06:18 PM

New Zealand's parliament voted Wednesday to decriminalize abortion, in a move Justice Minister Andrew Little said modernized legislation and gave women control over their bodies. Read more »

Trump becomes first US president to attend anti-abortion rally

Katanga Johnson and Diane Bartz, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 09:38 AM

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump became the first US president to attend the annual March for Life in Washington on Friday, unleashing a fierce attack on his Democratic rivals during a rally in an election-year show of support for opponents of abortion rights. Read more »

'Babies-for-sale' scheme shocks Armenia

Mariam Harutyunyan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 12:21 PM

YEREVAN, Armenia – Syuzan Patvakanyan has been searching for her daughter ever since doctors in post-Soviet Armenia forced her to give her up as a baby nearly two decades ago.    Read more »

America's baby mayor, a face of the anti-abortion movement

Julia Benarrous, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 26 10:58 AM

WHITEHALL, United States – "The mayor's breakfast is ready," Chad McMillan sings out from the living room of his Texas ranch.   Read more »

37 Asia-Pacific countries affirm commitment in advancing women’s rights

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 30 09:12 AM

BANGKOK, Thailand – Thirty-seven countries from the Asia-Pacific have voted to adopt an outcome document which the Philippines led in reviewing and drafting, as the 3-day ministerial conference came to a close Friday. Read more »

Fetus, itinapon sa drainage sa iskinita ng barangay

Karren Canon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 15 11:03 AM

Laking gulat ng mga residente ng Barangay Em’s Barrio sa Legazpi City ang pagkakadiskubre sa isang fetus na itinapon sa drainage ng kanilang iskinita, Biyernes ng madaling araw. Read more »

N. Ireland to legalize abortion, gay marriage

Joe Stenson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 06:05 AM

BELFAST - Abortion and same-sex marriage are set to become legal in Northern Ireland, after a group of local lawmakers failed Monday in a last-minute bid to thwart the London-ordered liberalization of the laws. Read more »