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Many unwed Irish mothers-to-be travelled to America in the 19th century hoping for a new start
After half a century of ambiguous policy regarding LGBTQ inclusion, the United Methodist Church may well split up in May.
Ireland’s new abortion law is a progressive one. But the resulting abortion service erects serious barriers for some people seeking abortions in Ireland.
The Conservative party’s problems with social conservatism will not be solved solely by electing a new leader. An entirely new approach is required.
Access to early medical abortion is an important part of women’s sexual and reproductive health care. Yet often country GPs don’t offer this service.
The Hyde Amendment bans federal abortion funding for most people.
New guidance recommends lifesaving treatment for extremely premature babies – but what does this mean for an abortion cut off at a similar gestation? An ethicist takes a look.
Westminster has pushed Northern Ireland to fall into line with the rest of the UK when it comes to women’s reproductive rights and marriage for same-sex couples.
Dirty Dancing’s dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they’re considered in isolation, the film’s messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.
Election news coverage of party positions on abortion may confuse the public about the reality and legality of access in Canada.
With her party ideologically riven and a difficult parliament, the NSW premier finds herself in political trouble, despite performing well on key measures.
Doctors who won’t perform abortions on religious grounds may have stronger legal protection and may not be compelled to refer women to an alternative provider. Here’s why that’s bad news for women.
Young, poor, single and a mother of two: This is the profile of most women in the US and Northern Ireland who seek financial assistance to help pay for an abortion.
The Australian right-to-life movement is tiny compared to the US, but its recent adoption of US-style campaign strategies has given it an outsize voice in the debate here.
You’re as free to write anything in the sky as you are to post it on the internet, provided you have a plane, or a pilot willing to relay your message.
Second-wave feminist Shulamith Firestone was mocked when she published a 1970 manifesto advocating artifical wombs, but her arguments about the exploitation of reproductive labour remain timely.
If NSW decriminalises abortion, women will be able to access a termination up to 22 weeks’ gestation. But such cut-offs are arbitrary and should be abandoned.
Although abortions have been legally performed in NSW for years, doctors have long called for greater clarity in the law in regard to the possible criminality of their actions.
In spite of noble promises in their constitutions, many countries have a very restrictive approach to demonstrations.
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