Abortion Rights

Diane Abbott quits cross-party aborton group in protest over government plans

Anti-abstinence only protesters brave cold to fight Dorries' bill

Glasgow nurses take NHS trust to court over abortion supervision

Abortion counselling: ministers seek to push through changes

Anti-choice MPs to "force a new debate" on abortion time limit

Major review confirms abortion does not raise risk of mental illness

Christmas pill scheme gets mixed reception

Intimidation outside Brighton abortion clinic

RCOG talks sense on abortion counselling in new guidelines

Anti-choice activists jump on 'new' abortion figures

Anti-choice ‘Personhood’ amendment defeated in Mississippi

Key UN report backs abortion rights

Religious group pushing anti-abortion views near primary school

“San Jose Articles” open new front in anti-choice war

'Personhood' laws threaten US abortion rights

Comment: thoughts on the 'Dorries debate'

Pro-Choice Public Meeting

Abortion Counselling Debate: how did your MP vote?

Resounding defeat for Dorries abortion amendments

Pro-choice activists speak out ahead of abortion debate in Parliament

Campaign Update: Pro-choice amendment tabled

Women's and Equalities groups speak out on abortion counselling

Our response to Nadine Dorries

Misinformation and bad practice revealed at "faith-based" pregnancy counselling centres

Training doctors to perform abortions: A slow-burning crisis

Pro-Choice Rally - hundreds raise their voice for choice!

Pro-choice rally: hundreds raise their voice for choice!

BMA members reject bid to cut abortion time limit

New attempt to restrict abortion access without parliament vote

What we’re reading: The Life and Times of Stella Browne: Feminist and Free Spirit

What we're reading: How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran

The SRE Council: pro-abstinence and anti-choice?

Anger as anti-choice group joins government sexual health panel

Abortion statistics for 2010 released

Dorries’ abstinence-based sex ed bill wins Commons vote

Abstinence-based sex education: how MPs voted

Patient privacy threatened by abortion data ruling

Abstinence-based education: why we don’t need a chastity crusade

Catholic charity awarded contract to advise young people on abortion and contraception

Salvation Army awarded contract to support trafficked women

Abortion does not damage mental health, finds Royal College of Psychiatrists

MPs launch bid to restrict abortion access

Abortion access further restricted in South Dakota

'Girls Decide' - one young woman's story

Abortion Rights responds to High Court ruling on early abortion medication

US bill redefines rape to limit abortion access

Stella Browne – feminist, free spirit and pro-choice godmother

TUC Women's Conference to discuss abortion rights

A brief interview with a pro-choice dude

'Cuts Watch' for abortion rights

Decline in US abortion rate levels off, as access is threatened

NI and US TV shows tackle abortion

Twittering about Abortion?

Abortion access and spending cuts: the outlook for 2011

Bpas takes legal action to allow women to take second abortion medication at home

Catholic hospital stripped of religious status after performing life saving abortion

Irish Abortion Ban Violated Women's Rights

Information, not Intimidation

We're on Twitter! (and back on Facebook)

US activists prosecuted in new wave of anti-abortion violence

Strictly Protest Time! – Pro-choice demo tonight!

Recent consultations

4Thought: abortion to feature on Channel 4 show this week

It's time to say the 'A Word'

Abortion debate scheduled for Tuesday

Anniversary of the Abortion Act: cause for celebration and renewed activism

Closure of the Women’s National Commission

Australian couple acquitted in illegal abortion trial

Claire Rayner OBE, 1931 - 2010

Pregnant woman dies after doctors refuse treatment

Self-induced abortions on the rise in America

Disappointment as Council of Europe rejects calls to regulate conscientious objection

Latin America: women fight for abortion rights

Argentine activists demand legalisation of abortion

Nicaraguan women seek to restore legal abortion

Comments on abortion on Sunday Morning Live: Abortion Rights responds

Marie Stopes TV ad complaints rejected

Abortion Rights to contribute to G8 maternal health consultation (you can, too!)

The G8 Summit: abortion excluded from from policy goals

Irish anti-choice groups offer rogue ‘Pregnancy Crisis Services’

Northern Ireland: gynaecologists support liberalising abortion laws

Academies Act threatens sex education in UK schools

Development Secretary highlights unsafe abortion; calls to empower women in international agenda

New review supports current abortion term limits; finds no evidence of foetal pain before 24 weeks.

Pharmacists' standards - the right to opt-out?

Statistics show continued fall in abortion rates

A New Parliament: the outlook for abortion rights

Abortion services to be advertised on British TV for first time

No Abortion in Canada's G8 Maternal Health Plan

Early baby survival rate 'static'

Anti-Choice Legislation Passes in Nebraska

Cameron launches attack on abortion time limit

Further attacks on Roe vs. Wade

Plans for mandatory sex education in schools dropped

Abortion Compromise Secures Obama’s Healthcare Victory

New advertising code addresses sexual health

Race: the new target for anti-abortion groups

Utah miscarriage case prompts new anti-choice laws

FREE – SAFE – LEGAL: How will the coming election affect access to abortion in the UK?

Dr. Tiller murder trial begins

In the media: Repeat abortion figures prompt alarmist headlines

Get active in your local area and help Education for Choice

Irish abortion ban challenged in European Court

Anti-abortionists win Northern Ireland court challenge

Unsafe abortions kill 70,000 women a year

Nicaragua's total abortion ban: Amnesty International reports

Abortion Rights supports statutory Sex and Relationships Education in Schools

Westminster Hall debate on abortion law in Northern Ireland

Make Noise for Free Choice

Abortion Law in Northern Ireland: new film launched

GP survey of views on abortion not representative

Obama congratulated for overturning global abortion funding ban

Scottish TUC women’s conference supports Abortion Rights

campaigning showed scale of support for choice - women deserved decision on a better abortion law

Abortion Rights opposes anti-abortion parliamentary committee demand

Rights to choose for Northern Ireland women

TUC votes unanimously for abortion rights

Support Abortion Rights at events throughout the summer and autumn

Scottish campaigners step up to the challenge

Campaign was decisive!

Timetable of HFE Bill and abortion debates

Positive amendments tabled to end abortion obstruction and delay

Anti-abortion offensive continues - new votes in autumn

Time limit vote — a victory for women and the pro-choice movement

human chain spells out 83% support for choice

Emma Thompson and Jo Brand adds support campaign to defend 24 weeks

campaign launched to defend the 24 week abortion time limit

Briefing: March 2008 - Parliamentary and Campaign update

Over 400 pro-choice supporters at London protest

Staff changes

Baroness Masham amendment defeated

Briefing 1. December 2007: Update on proposals to change the abortion law going through Parliament

300 at Parliament rally to defend a woman’s right to choose

40 years on - women need extension not restriction of rights

Barbican film screening, panel discussion and reception

Global Safe Abortion Conference

Abortion Rights update - Summer 2007

Three anti-choice bills defeated

Amnesty UK vote that safe abortion is a right

International news – update Summer 2007

Call for nurses to perform early abortions

Abortion should be in medical student core curriculum

New report documents why women need later abortion

GPs should declare abortion stance

No link between abortion and breast cancer

TUC Women's Conference 2007

NUS Women's Conference 2007

The voice of the Pro-Choice Majority

Text and votes of Ann Winterton's defeated bill to obstruct abortion access

Abortion legalised in Mexico City

UK campaign welcomes Portuguese Referendum Result

Dorries continues cruel Parliamentary campaign against women’s rights

2007 - 40th Anniversary year - time for a modern law

Packed rally calls for an end to the anti-choice offensive

Text and votes of Nadine Dorries' 10 Minute Rule Bill to restrict abortion rights

Oppose anti-choice demands for abortion ‘review’

Members rally for a loud, assertive campaigning year

Women ‘speak out’ in the House of Commons

Abortion rights worldwide - update

Student support - update

Trade union support - update

Amnesty UK backs safe, legal abortion move

Denial of abortion rights - a global crisis for women

Time to defend abortion rights

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Milan in defence of abortion rights

‘Defend the time limit’ public meeting a huge success

Extreme anti-abortion Bill roundly opposed

Bush’s got abortion in his sights

Women’s rights hang in a Supreme balance

FEM 05

The Bush administration deals a further blow to women

Vera's Timely Reminder

Bpas does not help women get "illegal" abortions

Republican Legislators Reward Radical Right with Dangerous Anti-Abortion Provision

Congress approves anti-abortion clause

Abortion Trial in Portugal

Women are eclipsed when the foetus is larger than life

National Conference on Women’s Rights in the 21st Century

Portuguese ban on abortion ship creates furore over women's rights

A woman’s right to choose

Leigh's abortion film to open London Film Festival

Briefing 2 - January 2008: Parliament debates Abortion Act

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