Unintended pregnancy

Women with green bandanas protest in a crowd

Abortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds

Health & Medicine

The “global gag rule” has been rescinded by every Democrat and reinstated by every Republican to occupy the Oval Office, reflecting the partisan nature of abortion. But studies show the rule may actually lead to increased abortions abroad.

The World

Catholic leaders battle against free birth control in the Philippines

Health

World Population Day brings family planning issues into focus

Health & Medicine

Native American Women Lack Access to “Plan B” Contraception

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Illegal Abortion in Mexico

The World

Illegal Abortion in Mexico

Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in the run-up to this fall’s UN Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. Supporters say safe and legal abortion is essential to reducing high birth rates and improving the status of women . . .while opponents, especially the Vatican, have fought any efforts to ease restrictions […]