Canberra becomes 1st jurisdiction in Australia to offer free abortions
Apr 20, 2023, at 10:52 pm
Canberra: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has become the first jurisdiction in the country to offer free abortions.
WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help deliver lifesaving care
Mar 11, 2022, at 02:10 pm
New York: New guidelines on abortion are now available from the World Health Organization (WHO), in a bid to prevent more than 25 million unsafe terminations that happen each year.
WHO: New guidance on treating complications due to unsafe abortion
Jan 27, 2022, at 08:30 pm
New York: New insights into quality of care for girls and women facing medical complications due to unsafe abortion were published on Wednesday by the UN health agency and partners.
US states ‘manipulating’ COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts
May 28, 2020, at 11:29 am
New York/IBNS: Independent UN human rights experts fear that some authorities in the United States are using the COVID-19 pandemic to restrict access to abortion, with at least eight states suspending procedures deemed medically unnecessary.
Sep 29, 2018, at 07:24 am
New York, Sept 29 (IBNS): States across the world should act now to decriminalise abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy, said a group of United Nations human rights experts on Friday, in a statement marking International Safe Abortion Day.
Ireland to hold abortion referendum vote in May
Jan 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Dublin, Jan 30 (IBNS): Ireland is going to host a referendum vote on the much debated abortion ban in May.