US Vice-President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1973 US Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision, in Tallahassee, Florida, on Jan 22, 2023. (DON JUAN MOORE / AFP) WASHINGTON – Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris said abortion rights are under attack across the United States in a speech Sunday marking the 50th […]
A pack of Mifeprex pills, used to terminate early pregnancies, is displayed in this picture illustration taken May 11, 2022. (CAITLIN OCHS / REUTERS) WASHINGTON – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will allow retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills in the United States for the first time, the agency said on Tuesday, even […]
A nun holds posters reading "No to abortion" and "Science says I'm a person" as people gather outside the Auberge de Castille, the office of the Prime Minister, to protest against government plans to introduce a law that they view as opening the door to abortion in the only European Union country which does not […]
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the second meeting of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC on Oct 4, 2022. (SAUL LOEB / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden and top White House officials announced new guidelines and grants to […]
People hold up placards at a protest in front of the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary on Sept 28, 2022. (ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP) BUDAPEST – More than 1,000 Hungarians protested on Wednesday against a change in abortion rules that took effect on Sept 15, which women's rights groups say would "humiliate" and torment women […]
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington DC, on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the Supreme Court and Republicans are clueless about the power of […]
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) US President Joe Biden on Sunday said he has asked his administration to consider whether he has authority to […]
US President Joe Biden attends an event on fighting "ghost guns" crimes at the White House in Washington, DC April 11, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in "raw political power" and signed an executive order on Friday to […]
European lawmakers gather to vote at the European Parliament on July 6, 2022 in Strasbourg, eastern France. (JEAN-FRANCOIS BADIAS / AP PHOTO) BRUSSELS – Members of the European Parliament on Thursday voted in favor of a resolution to add the right to abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, condemning the recent US Supreme […]
Supporters of abortion rights attend a rally in Washington, DC, the United States, on May 14, 2022. (LIU JIE/XINHUA) WASHINGTON – The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v Wade, a landmark decision that established a constitutional right to abortion in the nation nearly 50 years ago. "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," […]