Finally Ireland is taking a step in the right direction for women’s reproductive rights by selling emergency contraception over-the-counter. Women will have to be interviewed by pharmacy staff in a consultation room before they can get it to ensure they are aware of how to take it and the risks involved. Each pharmacy will be ...
Advocates in the UK were fighting to allow women to take the abortion pill at home, away from doctors’ offices, in an effort to empower women and give them more choice in their health care, but this right has been rejected by the courts. Medical abortion is done in the first nine weeks of pregnancy ...
Tomorrow, January 22, is the 38th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the USA. This was a landmark case for the rights of women to control their bodies. But the right to an abortion has been fraught with difficulties since the beginning, including recent issues over parental notification laws, ultrasound ...
Brits are fighting for the right to take the abortion pill at home, away from a doctor’s watchful eyes. Currently, the law says that a woman must have two doctor’s appointments where they are given the pills. But the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) wants women to be able to choose to take the second ...
A case that’s been ongoing for five years between Ireland and three women over access to abortion has been brought before the European Court of Human Rights. Although abortion is allowed in Ireland if “a woman’s life is at risk”, in these three cases “Irish restrictions on abortion had stigmatised and humiliated them, risking damage to their health.” ...
Pregnant teens in Alaska must now inform their parents before having an abortion. This law took effect yesterday and the judge says it is in the interest of “promoting communication between pregnant minors and their families.” The girls that already tell their parents, with or without a law, are not the ones that are vulnerable ...
Women in rural communities usually have the worst access to abortions and it seems Iowa has found a way around this by using web cams. The Planned Parenthood doctors video conference with a patient in a rural community, talk to her about her pregnancy, talk to her about how the abortion pill works, and if ...
The most recent argument against Marie Stopes sexual health charity is that they offer free abortions to their employees and families. But so what? Yes, they do provide free abortions. But the reason for this is because ”team members, their partners and dependants will be able to access MSI’s [Marie Stopes International] core services…without charge.” Abortion ...
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received over 1,000 complaints (the 7th highest ever) over an ad by Marie Stopes advertizing their abortion helpline. But they rejected every last one of them. Marie Stopes is a British charity that runs a telephone helpline for women dealing with unwanted pregnancies. In May they placed an ad for this service which ...
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