Anguish as rape survivors in Sudan unable to access vital medication
Emergency contraception, HIV-prevention and abortion drugs are locked in a warehouse in Khartoum – leaving women to turn to desperate measures Rape survivors in the...
Category : Reproductive rights
‘Historic moment’ as El Salvador abortion case fuels hopes for expanded access across Latin America
Human rights court hears seriously ill woman denied procedure as advocates call for change in region with world’s most restrictive abortion laws Human rights activists...
Honduran feminist activists disappointed by first female president
Xiomara Castro has not yet fulfilled her promise to legalise emergency contraceptives and to address violence against women At her inauguration earlier this year, Xiomara...
Sierra Leone backs bill to legalise abortion and end colonial-era law
Country hails ‘monumental step’ towards expanding reproductive rights at a time when the US has overturned them Ministers in Sierra Leone have taken a major...
US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women
If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warn The probable demise of abortion as...
Colombia legalises abortion in move celebrated as ‘historic victory’ by campaigners
Colombia has decriminalised abortion during the first 24 weeks of pregnancy, following rulings in Mexico and Argentina that improve access to abortion Colombia has decriminalised...
