Roe V Wade

Texas judge to consider banning abortion pill in US

Legal experts have said the lawsuit could be the most consequential abortion case since the US Supreme Court, powered by a conservative majority, last year overturned its landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that had recognized a constitutional right to abortion

US court to hear lawsuit over legality of abortion pill

US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk announced Monday the hearing in Amarillo, Texas on a lawsuit alleging the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should never have approved the 'dangerous' prescription pill in 2000

Texas women who were denied abortions sue the state over ban

The women wanted to carry their pregnancies to term but discovered during medical examinations that their fetuses were not viable

Class Act: Google targeting poor US women, not rich ones, with anti-abortion ads

Based on previous findings, the study reveals exactly how Google directs its users searching for abortion clinics to something called ‘crisis centres’ – organisations that only pose as abortion clinics to steer women away from accessing abortion care

US states take control of abortion debate with funding focus

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year and gave control of abortion policy to the states, it led to bans and restrictions in some states, and executive orders and laws protecting access in others

US: Kamala Harris rallies in Republican states against 'more' restrictions on abortions

In a midday speech, Harris made several references to "freedom" and claimed that "extremists" in the state legislature had passed a "radical abortion ban" the previous year. This was a subtle jab at DeSantis' frequent references to Florida as a "free state"

Roe’s 50th anniversary: Why pro-life supporters face an uncertain future

Months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a major victory for anti-abortion activists, many activists now want to focus on imposing stricter restrictions. Others want to focus on strengthening the social safety net for parents and families

A look back at 2022: The year of war, unrest and grief

The year 2022 was tumultuous. It was the year of war — Russia's Vladimir Putin launched an invasion in Ukraine — unrest and grief. The year started calmly, stepping out of the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic, only to see a war upending the lives of countless and countries becoming angrier

The Year of Shock: From the Shraddha Walkar murder to Shinzo Abe’s assassination, the news that horrified us

Amid war and civic unrest, the year delivered some shocking news. The most horrific of crimes were the mass graves in Ukraine, the gory murder of Shraddha Walkar by her live-in partner Aftab Amin Poonawala, and the assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe

Are you ‘Quiet Quitting’? Have you revelled in freudenfreude? A look at words and phrases that defined 2022

It was a year defined by war and worries. This reflects in the lexicon of 2022, the year many spoke of quiet quitting and quiet firing, slipped into Goblin Mode and found themselves amid a permacrisis