ABORTION

France praised for including right to abortion in its Constitution

Published on: March 6, 2024
00:30

Geneva, Mar 6 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, praised the inclusion of the right to abortion in the Constitution of France on Monday.

Texas judge says Katie Cox may abort fetus with lethal abnormality

Published on: December 9, 2023
12:36

Washington, Dec 9 (Prensa Latina) For the first time -in at least 50 years- a judge has intervened to allow an adult woman to terminate her pregnancy.

Abortion, issue that mobilizes the vote in the United States

Published on: November 8, 2023
07:03

Washington, Nov 9 (Prensa Latina) The local elections held in the United States took the national political pulse and left on the table the perception that abortion is today one of the campaign issues towards 2024.

Chilean women march for abortion decriminalization

Published on: September 28, 2023
15:34

Santiago de Chile, Sep 28 (Prensa Latina) On the Global Day of Action for the Decriminalization of Abortion, Chilean women marched today to demand access to free, legal, safe and free voluntary interruption of pregnancy.

Ecuador: Court gives the go-ahead to free abortion

Published on: September 8, 2023
18:19

Quito, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) Ecuador’s Constitutional Court removed requirements to prove rape, which feminist groups described them as barriers; hence, they can access abortion in cases of sexual aggression, local media reported Friday.

Chilean women and rights organizations reject repeal of abortion

Published on: August 7, 2023
08:32

Santiago, Chile, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Chilean organizations that advocate women's rights, political leaders and officials reject the threat by the extreme right to repeal the abortion law in the three grounds of 2017.

Joe Biden to sign executive order to expand birth control access

Published on: June 23, 2023
15:57

Washington, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday in order to increase access to contraception and family planning.

69 percent of Americans say first-trimester abortion should be legal

Published on: June 14, 2023
17:13

Washington, Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) A record-high 69% of Americans said that abortion should be legal during the first trimester of pregnancy, according to a new Gallup poll released Wednesday.

Abortion bans may increase suicide risk among U.S. women – Study

Published on: December 28, 2022
16:20

Washington, Dec 28 (Prensa Latina) Restricted access to abortions may have increased the risk of suicide among women of reproductive age for over four decades, new research from the University of Pennsylvania the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia suggested.

White House deplores a court ruling in Arizona on abortion

Published on: September 24, 2022
12:42

Washington, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The White House on Saturday lamented a court ruling on Friday allowing the state of Arizona to impose a ban on nearly all abortions.

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