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Reproductive rights

A person wearing blue gloves is handling a pipette in a laboratory setting, with reflections visible on a glass surface.
DW
The implications of a sperm donor carrying a rare cancer-causing gene
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Reproductive rights
A discussion about Denmark’s forced IUD program for Greenlandic Inuit women and girls
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A view of the process on a montior as lab staff use a microscope stand and articulated hand controls to extract cells from 1-7 day old embryos that are then checked for viability at the Aspire Houston Fertility Institute in vitro fertilization lab in Hous
Reproductive rights
Why an international court struck down Costa Rica’s IVF ban
Nathalie Vilgrain, sixth from left, is the head of Marijàn, a feminist organization in Port-Au-Prince that is sheltering about 150 women who have been displaced by sexual violence.
Sexual violence
In Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls
Brett Griffin Young with his partner and three children.
Reproductive rights
Surrogacy advocates fear pope’s position will create stigma
A pink sign in the forefront of a largely female crowd that reads in Spanish "Swiftie No Vota Milei"
Politics
In Argentina, ‘Swifties Don’t Vote For Milei’
Women in a small group holding signs with text written in Spanish
Sacred Nation
This tiny country is home to Europe’s toughest abortion ban
a black and white photo of apregnant woman holding her belly and wearing a large coat standing in front of a bridge
Women & Gender
Motherhood and motherland: One woman’s pregnancy experience in Russia
close-up shot of Honduran President Castro wearing a mask
Leaders
Honduras’ first female leader faces tough times
two men and a baby
Italy debates new anti-surrogacy law 
Posters with a message that read in Spanish "Free abortion."
Critical State
Founding fatherhood: Part II
Pregnant women hold their medical cards and wait for their turn to be examined at a government hospital on World Population Day in Hyderabad, India, Friday, July 11, 2014. 
Reproductive rights
As India becomes the world’s most populous nation, engaging men in family planning ‘will be a game changer’
woman near a machine
Abortion
‘They’re hurting themselves’: In Lebanon, women risk their lives to get an abortion illegally 
Anti-abortion demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court on the day the court overturned the landmark Roe v Wade abortion laws.
Abortion
Opinion: Roe v. Wade overturned: Will more Americans travel to Canada and Mexico for abortions?
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Abortion
Mexico’s abortion laws have become more accessible
children in front of a mural
Abortion
Kenya’s abortion debate
Anesthesiologist Liu Jianmin prepares for an abortion at a clinic run by Marie Stopes International in Xi'an in central China's Shaanxi province
Abortion
Abortion access in China has changed drastically amid declining birth rate
A group of women's rights activists with a sign reading "Abortion Without Borders" protesting Poland's strict anti-abortion law, outside the top constitutional court, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022.
Abortion
Poland’s ‘pregnancy registry’ will further restrict abortion access, activists say
a woman enters the Supreme Court in London
Abortion
Northern Ireland decriminalized abortion 3 years ago. But services are still difficult to access.
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Abortion
Roe v. Wade highlights the important role of high courts in democratic societies
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media during a joint press statement as part of a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Monday, May 2, 2022. 
Critical State
Democracy, interrupted: Part II
In this photo taken Wednesday, April 13, 2011, a graffiti against revealing the gender of unborn fetuses stands outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. 
Abortion
India’s abortion law still lacks a rights-based approach, gynecologist says
VOX party leader Santiago Abascal applauds supporters before making a speech during a rally by the extreme right wing party VOX in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 19, 2022. 
Critical State
Democracy, interrupted: Part I
Protesters gather outside Poland's Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw, Poland, on Nov.6, 2021, to protest against the restrictive abortion laws after a woman died of complications during her pregnancy. 
Abortion
This Polish activist sent abortion pills to a woman in need. Now she’s on trial.
UK environmental activist Ella Daish, who crafted a giant tampon out of used tampons, is on a mission to get rid of single-use, plastic tampons.
The Big Fix
This UK activist is pushing to end single-use plastics in menstrual products
Activists of the "Unione Donne Sammarinesi" San Marino's women union camp celebrate in San Marino, Sept. 26, 2021, the victory in a referendum to decriminalize abortion in certain circumstances.
Abortion
San Marino votes to legalize abortion, ending a 150-year-old ban
Mullah Hasan Akhund is shown wearing a white head wrap and standing across from Nawaz Sharif who is wearing a gray vest and blue shirt.
Top of The World
Taliban names all-male 33-member interim government in Afghanistan
In this June 16, 2021, file photo, a migrant family from Venezuela move to a Border Patrol transport vehicle after they and other migrants crossed the US-Mexico border and turned themselves in Del Rio, Texas.
Abortion
Undocumented women face shrinking options for reproductive health care under Texas abortion law
A one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed. Early-stage abortions are legal in Thailand, but many doctors and nurses there refuse to do them.
Sacred Nation
In Thailand, new abortion freedoms face spiritual resistance
Doctors for Choice in Malta gather to advocate for a bill to decriminalize abortion in Malta.
Reproductive rights
Abortion is illegal in Malta. Activists are trying to increase access.
Misoprostol drug, the most common abortion pill
Reproductive rights
Catalonia’s temporary tele-abortion services are a game-changer for women with limited access
A child is supported on the balance beam during classes at a gym
Reproductive rights
China now allows 3 kids per family, but many couples say they can’t afford it
A pregnant person wearing a red shirt holds her belly, wearing a face mask and gloves.
Commentary
For pregnant women, getting the COVID-19 jab is a challenging choice
A group of Uyghur mothers are trying to get the Turkish government to help find their missing children in China. The women set out on foot from Istanbul to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, to demonstrate, and say they will continue to wait there until offic
Human rights
Uyghur mothers in Turkey walk for miles to ask politicians for help locating their children in China
Embryos in a dish
Science
Walter Isaacson on how gene editing will change lives
A large group of rioting supporters of former President Donald Trump are show carrying Trump 2020 flags and climbing the stone wall of the US Capitol.
Top of The World
DHS issues warning on ‘violent domestic extremists’
A crowd of people are shown with a woman in the center holding a banner and wearing a winter hat and green scarf with writing on it.
Reproductive rights
Near-total abortion ban takes effect in Poland amid protests
A rocket is shown launching with the fire from boosters and smoke shown at the bottom with trees in the distance.
Top of The World
Biden seeks to extend US-Russia arms deal; Controversial tweet from Iran’s supreme leader; Honduras set for permanent abortion ban
Erika Oliva, left, and her husband Benjamin Lopez's family gather inside their apartment in the southern neighborhood of Vallecas, in Madrid, Spain, Oct. 15, 2020. 
Lifestyle & Belief
Can Spain’s new paternity leave law address entrenched gender roles?
View of the mass grave at the Bon Secours mother-and-baby Home, Tuam County Galway Republic of Ireland.
Sacred Nation
The Irish govt and Catholic Church apologized for abusive mother-and-baby homes. Survivors say it’s not enough.  
A group of women raise their arms and wave green flags
Reproductive rights
Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina
A worker wearing a face mask clears snow from the roof of a bar, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Dec. 5, 2020.
Top of The World
European leaders approve stimulus package; Argentina moves to legalize abortion; SCOTUS rules on no-fly list
People are shown holding pipes letting off green smoke with the Argentine capital dome in the distance.
Reproductive rights
Argentina’s lower house approves bill legalizing abortion
Patients and staff members of Marie Stopes International (MSI) Clinic wave to Danish delegation members.
Reproductive rights
Marie Stopes International name change will ‘put a focus on the future’ of reproductive choice, CEO says
Crosses bearing tags with names are seen in a graveyard of the Flaminio Cemetery, in Rome, Italy, Oct. 16, 2020.
Reproductive rights
In Italy, religious organizations’ ‘fetus graves’ reignite abortion debate
People take part in a protest against the ruling by Poland's Constitutional Tribunal that imposed a near-total ban on abortion in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 28, 2020. The banner reads: "The Law And Justice Council introduced the church law at midnight today." 
Reproductive rights
‘Screaming at the priests’: Polish activists protest anti-abortion ruling
People attend funeral of fighters killed in an airstrike in the town of Idlib, Syria, Oct. 26, 2020.
Top of The World
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels killed in Russian airstrike; Polish pro-choice protests continue; China plans next 5 years
Women's March activists participate in a nationwide protest against US President Donald Trump's decision to fill the seat on the Supreme Court left by the passing of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before the 2020 election, in Washington, Oct. 17, 2020.
2020 US presidential election
How the US presidential election could impact women’s health worldwide
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe is shown wearing a dark blue suit and striped tie with a US flag pin.
Top of The World
Iran, Russia accused of 2020 US presidential election meddling; Hariri asked to form a government again; Poland court ruling on abortion law
Sevilay, a mother of two in Istanbul, got permission from her husband to have an abortion as required by law. But she had trouble finding a public hospital that would do it, and even some of her friends criticize her for her decision.
Reproductive rights
Abortion increasingly hard to access in Turkey
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Women & Gender
How tech reshapes our relationships
Two people are shown sitting on park benches with a man walking past on a sunny day.
Top of The World
PM Johnson says Britain will return to normal by Christmas; India joins grim club; US again breaks coronavirus record
A woman holds a banner that reads "Free abortion covered by social security" during a pro-choice march to celebrate the government ending its plan to reform Spain's abortion law in Madrid September 28, 2014. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday
Reproductive rights
Abortion is a protected right in Spain. But the govt blocked a website that provides abortion info and pills. 
An ethnic Uighur woman hugs her son as she stands outside her house with her daughter and neighbors
Reproductive rights
Sterilization abuse of Uighurs in China meets international legal criteria for genocide, experts say
A child looks out from a door as a Uighur woman walks by
Top of The World
New reports on surveillance, ‘demographic genocide’ of Uighurs; Israel hesitates on annexation; Russian election comes to close
Internally displaced girls in Somalia queue before at a school beside an IDP camp in Dollow, Somalia, April 4, 2017.
COVID-19
Despite recent historic gains in ending FGM, Somalia sees dramatic increase
A woman speaks behind a table
COVID-19
Ugandan archbishop breaks with tradition to promote birth control during pandemic
Kirsty Duncan and her husband, Adam, on their wedding day.
COVID-19
COVID-19 interrupts fertility plans for hopeful couples in the United Kingdom
Rohingya refugees walk along the road in the evening at Balukhali camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Nov. 16, 2018. 
COVID-19
Rohingya women are traditionally kept out of leadership roles. Will the coronavirus change that? 
Demonstrators and activists take part in a rally in support of legal and safe abortion outside the Colombian constitutional court, in Bogota, Colombia, March 2, 2020.
Two key decisions on abortion in Colombia and Argentina this month