A feminist march for abortion marking International Women’s Day in Mexico city turned violent on Sunday, as protesters attacked churches and clashed with police.
The European Parliament called for the legalisation of abortion in Ireland. The opinion, passed in Strasbourg by 321 votes to 122; it carried no legislative weight but provoked a storm of political controversy. It was not the first and wouldn’t be the last time institutions within the European Union would admonish Ireland for it’s pro-life […]
Almost one in every four babies are now aborted in England and Wales, new figures show – an increase from the already horrifying figure of 1 in 5 previously recorded. The British Office for National Statistics said today this was the highest level on record. The numbers are just heartbreaking. One in every four babies […]
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled against legalising abortion on demand in the country. The court undertook a review of the country’s abortion laws when a magistrate issued a formal proposal that abortion on demand in the first 16th week of pregnancy be made lawful. On Monday, the court ruled against extending abortion provision, which had been […]
A medical conference in Dublin has heard that abortion pill reversal – where the effects of the abortion pill are reversed by giving the pregnant woman extra progesterone – has already been safely and successfully provided in Ireland. The conference, which was attended by health care professionals from Ireland and Northern Ireland, sought to appraise […]
The number of abortions performed in England and Wales because an unborn baby has a cleft lip and palate has increased 150% sine 2011, new figures show. Information released to MP Fiona Bruce who asked a parliamentary question on the issue showed that abortions for babies diagnosed with the condition had rocketed from 10 in 2011 […]
One-time New York mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid for Democrat leader has suffered a setback as a female former employee claimed she had signed a non-disclosure agreement after the billionaire media mogul ‘responded to news of her pregnancy by saying “kill it”’; Sekiko Sekai Garrison, 55, ‘also accused Mr Bloomberg of saying “Great! Number 16!”’ – […]
Newly elected TD Holly Leah Cairns is the latest politician to fall foul of her Twitter activity.
Once again, the Belgian parliament is debating abortion – not whether to decriminalise it, for that happened in 1990, but whether to criminalise protests against it. A new bill would relax existing restrictions by allowing abortions up to 18 weeks (from 12 weeks), removing all penalties for women who do not comply with the law, […]
In the wake of widespread condemnation of Government ‘“super-forecaster”’ Andrew Sabisky’s remarks about ‘the intelligence of black people and compulsory birth control to prevent the creation of a “permanent underclass” Conservative peer Lord Shinkwin says business minister Kwasi Kwarteng was ‘right to call out racism in his condemnation’ of Mr Sabisky’s ‘past remarks’, insisting that […]
A new poll has shown that only 5% of voters in Northern Ireland support introducing abortion to 24 weeks – which is what is being proposed by the Conservative government and Sinn Féin after last year’s vote to impose abortion on the region. The poll, organised by the University of Liverpool and Britain’s Economic and […]
Democrat contenders hoping to face Donald Trump in November remain entrenched in their unswerving support for “reproductive rights”, often taking the most extreme positions imaginable.