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Texas midwife arrested for allegedly providing abortions amid state’s near-total ban

Maria Margarita Rojas charged with illegal performance of procedure, considered a second-degree felony in the state

The Guardian - US

Texas midwife accused by state's attorney general of providing illegal abortions

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced that a Houston-area midwife has been arrested and accused of providing illegal abortions, marking the first time authorities have filed criminal charges under the state’s near-total abortion ban

The Independent UK

Midwife is arrested for performing abortions in Texas, AG announces

Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, was charged with the illegal performance of an abortion, a second-degree felony in Texas

The Independent UK

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Texas’ first abortion arrests stem from monthlong attorney general investigation

These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.

The Texas Tribune

Colorado and other states have expanded access to abortion, but not for adolescents

Since 2022, Colorado and 10 other states have passed voter initiatives to protect or expand abortion access. Yet, seven of these states, including Colorado, require people under the age of 18 to get consent from or notify a parent prior to receiving abortion services.

The Conversation

Texas Republicans seek to clarify when doctors can intervene under abortion bans

A Senate bill filed Friday does not expand abortion access, but aims to give doctors clarity while operating under laws that come with up to life in prison.

The Texas Tribune

A serial killer blames his ‘monstrous’ mother – but misogyny is the real culprit

Mandy Beaumont’s debut novel, The Furies, was unrelentingly intense in its depictions of self-hatred, violence, rape and induced abortion. Her latest novel, The Thrill of It, is a more controlled and conventional excursion into male violence against women. It is just as serious in its exposure of misogyny. But it…

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Study: Age-Verification Laws Don't Work

At least not if the goal is keeping minors from viewing porn.

Reason

Police issue statement after call out to Scottish anti-abortion protest

POLICE have confirmed a fringe political party that held an abortion protest in Aberdeen did break the buffer zone law.

The National (Scotland)

States should scale back abortion reporting demands, advocacy group says

An advocacy group says it's time for states to stop requiring abortion providers to file reports for every abortion

The Independent UK

Louisiana woman pleads not guilty to a felony in historic abortion case

A Louisiana woman has pleaded not guilty to a felony after allegedly getting abortion pills from a New York doctor and giving them to her teenage daughter to terminate a pregnancy

The Independent UK

'Furious' Scottish women confront anti-abortion protesters 'inside buffer zone'

A VIDEO has emerged online of a girl being wrestled to the ground as she confronted an abortion protest in Aberdeen.

The National (Scotland)

Will lawmakers let Texas’ maternal mortality committee review abortion deaths?

The Legislature is considering bills that would lift long-standing restrictions on how Texas’ panel can investigate maternal deaths and near-misses.

The Texas Tribune

The FACE Act was enacted to protect reproductive health clinics − here’s why its history matters today

Soon after taking office for a second time, President Donald Trump pardoned anti-abortion activists who had blockaded and restricted access to the entrance of a reproductive health clinic in Washington, D.C., in October 2020.

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Salon

Red state activists refuse to give up

As GOP state lawmakers threaten reproductive rights, advocates are doubling down on their fight for freedom

The Independent UK

Activists open abortion center in front of Polish parliament on Women's Day

Polish abortion rights activists have opened a center across from the parliament building in Warsaw where women can have abortions with pills, either alone or with other women

The Guardian - US

Fate of Wyoming’s last abortion clinic in balance as Republicans take aim

Wellspring center in Casper pauses services after conservative legislature passes tough new restrictions

The Guardian - AU

How one expert nurse with a pink trailer is bringing vital healthcare to women in regional Victoria

‘You sure can’t miss it,’ says Louise Holland. ‘Especially when we’re parked right next to the local footy club’

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Salon

Trump fights to close ER doors to women

"Ordering people to suffer": Trump backs states that ban life-saving care for pregnant women

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s no other solution’: Polish abortion centre opens in challenge to strict laws

Frustrated by government’s failure to ease rules, an NGO is opening a centre a stone’s throw from parliament in Warsaw

International Business Times

Abortion Access Under Threat In Milei's Argentina

Four years after Argentina became the first big Latin American country to legalize abortion, women are finding it hard to access terminations due to President Javier Milei's "chainsaw" economics and anti-feminist diatribes, critics say.

The National (Scotland)

Famous faces back Glasgow woman after viral clash with anti-abortion protesters

A SCOTTISH woman who went viral after challenging anti-abortion protesters has been backed by a raft of famous faces ...

The National (Scotland)

I went viral for challenging abortion protesters. Here's why I did it

THE woman who has gone viral after calling out anti-abortion protesters outside a Glasgow hospital has called for nearby buffer zones to be…

Reason

74-Year-Old Scottish Woman Arrested for Protesting Near Abortion Provider

Rose Docherty was arrested over her sign, which read: "Coercion is a crime, here to talk, only if you want."

Roll Call

Makary tells Senate panel he plans to review FDA job cuts - Roll Call

FDA nominee Martin Makary was asked about abortion drugs, vaccine panels during a Senate hearing on his bid to lead the agency.

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