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Biden says case of woman forced to leave Texas for abortion 'outrageous'
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said it was "outrageous" that a woman was forced to leave Texas to seek an emergency abortion, after the state's courts said she could not terminate her risky pregnancy.
Texas woman forced to leave state for emergency abortion
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» WASHINGTON - A Texas woman has been forced to leave the state for an emergency abortion after being prevented from terminating her potentially life-threatening pregnancy, a court filing by her lawyers said on Monday.
Radio silence from Republicans as US abortion laws tighten
AFP, Published on 11/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - A US judge's move to ban a leading abortion pill has been met with near total silence from Republican leadership, as some conservatives warn the party is already paying an electoral price for a push to curb the procedure that is out of step with the American public.
'The battle is not over': US anti-abortion groups dig in for fight ahead
AFP, Published on 21/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - It was their first march through the US capital since the Supreme Court gave them what they had been demanding for half a century -- but for anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington Friday, the mood was more dogged than triumphant.
'The battle is not over': US anti-abortion groups dig in for fight ahead
AFP, Published on 21/01/2023
» WASHINGTON - It was their first march through the US capital since the Supreme Court gave them what they had been demanding for half a century -- but for anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington Friday, the mood was more dogged than triumphant.
More US states ban abortion as Democrats push back
AFP, Published on 26/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - Abortion became illegal in three more US states on Thursday, further restricting access to elective terminations for millions of women despite some signs of popular and judicial pushback.
Kansas votes on abortion rights in US test case
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» LEAWOOD (UNITED STATES) - Voters headed to the polls in the Midwestern US state of Kansas Tuesday to weigh in on the first major ballot on abortion since the Supreme Court ended the national right to the procedure in June.
Japan's baby hatch hospital offers mothers 'last resort'
AFP, Published on 22/07/2022
» KUMAMOTO, Japan: When the alarm sounds at Jikei hospital in southern Japan, nurses race down a spiral staircase. Their mission: to rescue an infant left in the country's only baby hatch.
Abortion ban: one more obstacle faced by US servicewomen
AFP, Published on 27/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - Abortion bans enacted across America will be especially painful for women in the US military, one more hurdle they have to face in a man's world where sexual assault and unwanted pregnancies occur more often than in the rest of society.
US Supreme Court to hear Texas abortion law case
AFP, Published on 01/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority, on Monday hears challenges to a Texas law that drastically limits access to abortion and which has sparked a fierce legal and political battle.