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Florida becomes latest US state to restrict abortion access
The new law, which comes into force on 1 July, reduces the abortion limit from 24 to 15 weeks.
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The new law, which comes into force on 1 July, reduces the abortion limit from 24 to 15 weeks.
The legislation bans abortions from as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.
The number of Irish residents having an abortion in the UK has dropped signficantly since the repeal of the eighth amendment.
The case is seen as a test for two new judges appointed by Donald Trump.
A judge in Kansas City said the law violates a previous Supreme Court ruling.
Removing the limit could spell the end of nearly 40 years of restrictions on having children.
Ireland’s abortion laws are cruel, inhuman, degrading and discriminatory, writes Niall Behan.
Abortion providers have criticised organisers for ‘intimidating’ women.
“If I’m the Irish government, I should take responsibility for Irish women,” Professor Arulkumaran told TheJournal.ie.
I feel like a woman and for the first time I feel like a responsible adult who made a very painful decision for all the right reasons.
I’m an ex-pat in London but I turned the frustration I felt about Ireland’s lack of reproductive rights into action, writes Cara Sanquest.
What does it mean to be a woman in 2017 and what are women’s hopes for equality and fairness?
Is it possible to oppose abortion rights and still call yourself a feminist?
On Nollaig na mBan, a day when traditionally women celebrate their Christmas, 12 women are travelling abroad for healthcare that is unavailable to them here, writes Orla O’Connor.
The actor and writer blamed the comments on her “delusional girl persona”.
America’s new VP, Mike Pence, embodies a worrying strand of male influence within the reproductive rights debate, writes Ronan Mullen.
Steinem thanked the doctor who gave her an abortion 58 years ago.
Enshrined into law and sanctioned in social service provision is this attitude: women in Ireland are vessels to be filled and emptied at men’s discretion.
Irish women have been actively demanding the freedom to choose when or if they become pregnant for over 40 years; a great deal has changed regarding contraception, but have we come far enough? asks Fiona Dunkin.
The recently completed HSE report into the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar’s death has pointed to Ireland’s unworkable legal situation as a significant factor in her medical treatment, writes Clara Fischer.
Demonstrators sat on the ground during a moment of silence, while speakers argued for legislation on abortion.
Savita Halappanavar died from septicaemia following a miscarriage which lasted almost three days. She repeatedly asked for the foetus to be removed but her requests were turned down.
More than half of women who became pregnant after rape went on to parent the child.