What is mifepristone, and why is it used? Court restricts abortion access by blocking mailing of abortion pill in USWhat is mifepristone, and why is it used? A federal appeals court has restricted access to mifepristone by blocking mailing of prescription...
02 May, 2026, 04.37 AM IST
Assisted suicide, which is legal in parts of U.S., set to fall in England, Wales. Here's whyTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was passed by the House of Commons last June, the U.K.'s revising chamber, the House of Lords, has...
24 Apr, 2026, 05.39 PM IST
Abortion clinics decline across US, impacting access to care; what factors are behind the shift and which states are hardest hitAmerica sees fewer abortion clinics. A recent report shows a two percent drop in physical clinics. This decline impacts access, especially ...
27 Mar, 2026, 12.04 PM IST
'Incredibly scary': Trump admin takes a huge step that could endanger lives of pregnant womenThe Trump administration has rescinded a Biden-era policy that protected emergency room abortions. Trump's move strips away a critical lega...
05 Jun, 2025, 07.36 PM IST
What is Project 2025? Know all about the controversial projectProject 2025 is a policy document that is being attributed to the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican party in the upcoming ...
11 Jul, 2024, 11.58 PM IST
France set to make abortion constitutional rightFrench lawmakers are expected Monday to anchor the right to abortion in the country's constitution, in a global first that has garnered ove...
04 Mar, 2024, 08.31 AM IST
This procedure is banned in the US. Why is it a hot topic in fight over Ohio's abortion amendment?Anti-abortion groups in Ohio are using the term "partial-birth abortion" in their messaging against a reproductive rights measure, despite ...
23 Oct, 2023, 09.39 AM IST
US: One year later, the Supreme Court's abortion decision is both scorned and praisedThe court's conservative majority on June 24, 2022, overturned the Roe v. Wade decision, which had been in place for nearly a half-century.
24 Jun, 2023, 09.10 PM IST
What's abortion pills Mifepristone & Misoprostol, how is it used and why?As per some studies, the combination of these pills causes a complete abortion in more than 99% of patients and is as safe as the tradition...
23 Apr, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
What is Mifepristone and why is it being banned in the US?Mifepristone is considered the “standard of care” for medication abortion and miscarriage treatment, according to Hayley McMahon, a public ...
08 Apr, 2023, 09.08 AM IST
New US rule on abortion pills decodedThe first (mifepristone) blocks the pregnancy, and the second (misoprostol) provokes bleeding to empty the uterus. The biggest issues surro...
08 Jan, 2023, 11.29 AM IST
Republican Lindsey Graham seeks ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancyTuesday saw the passage of a measure by US Senator Lindsey Graham that would outlaw abortions beyond 15 weeks. She continued by claiming th...
14 Sep, 2022, 09.42 PM IST
Kansas voters back abortion rights, reject constitutional amendment. Read details hereKansas voters on Tuesday rejected a constitutional amendment that would have removed language enshrining reproductive rights. In the propos...
03 Aug, 2022, 11.19 PM IST
Why rights need proactive protectingThe quest towards a more perfect progressive liberal democratic society is never over, nor is its progression linear. Changing mindsets and...
26 Jun, 2022, 10.51 PM IST
US abortion ruling sparks global debate, polarizes activistsThe US Supreme Court's overturning of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision "shows that these types of rights are always at risk of being steam...
25 Jun, 2022, 12.15 PM IST
Abortion access threatened in half of US statesThey differ in how they ban abortions. Idaho provides exceptions for rape or incest but Kentucky only does so if the pregnant woman's life ...
24 Jun, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
Abortion rights protesters rally in cities across the USIn Atlanta, demonstrators carried signs in favour of abortion rights as they marched through that city's downtown and chanted, “Not the chu...
08 May, 2022, 07.51 AM IST