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'Angry over abortion’, man kills ex-GF, her friend's 6-month-old child in Delhi

Sonal Arya, 22, the victim.

Updated on Jul 10, 2025 11:59 am IST

What is an ectopic pregnancy? GOP rep’s scare sparks Florida law debate

Doctors at the emergency room told Cammack she was about five weeks pregnant, but the pregnancy was ectopic and posed a serious risk to her life.

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Published on Jun 23, 2025 05:00 pm IST

UK repeals 19th century law, votes to decriminalise abortion in England, Wales

People march during a protest calling for abortion law reform in London,

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Published on Jun 18, 2025 09:15 pm IST

Who is Adriana Smith? Georgia's brain dead woman gives birth to baby boy

Adriana Smith, 31, was kept alive due to Georgia's LIFE Act, which restricts abortion access.

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Published on Jun 18, 2025 06:58 pm IST

What is Georgia abortion law that forced doctors to keep brain-dead woman alive?

Adriana Smith, pregnant and brain dead, remains on life support due to Georgia's LIFE Act, which prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected.

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Published on May 15, 2025 10:06 am IST

Demand for abortion pills skyrockets as women stockpile after Trump's election

Abortion access was one of the key ballot measures during the US presidential elections

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Published on Nov 12, 2024 12:20 pm IST

Abortion rights on the line: How US states voted on key legislation

People at an election night watch party react after an abortion rights amendment to the Missouri constitution passed, Tuesday in Kansas City. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

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Published on Nov 06, 2024 11:20 am IST

Florida voters reject pro-choice amendment to overturn state's six-week abortion

CORRECTS LANGUAGES TO MATCH AP STYLE - Anti-abortion Catholic Sonja Kahkonen waves to passing cars as she holds a "Vote No on 4" sign, urging voters to reject Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, outside a polling place at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Published on Nov 06, 2024 11:19 am IST

Walz cited stories of Amber Thurman and others in exchange about abortion rights

Walz emphasised the severe consequences of state-level abortion bans, citing cases of women like Amanda Zurawski, Amber Thurman and Hadley Duval in debate against Vance.

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Published on Oct 02, 2024 10:10 am IST

Donald Trump believes Arizona abortion ruling will be ‘straightened out’

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he arrives at the Atlanta Airport on April 10, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.(Photo by Megan Varner / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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Published on Apr 11, 2024 06:39 am IST

Texas Supreme Court blocks woman's emergency abortion, threatening her life

FILE PHOTO: A few abortion rights demonstrators remain in the crowd after hours of public comments and discussion as Denton’s city council meets to vote on a resolution seeking to make enforcing Texas’ trigger law on abortion a low priority for its police force, in Denton, Texas, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/File Photo

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Published on Dec 11, 2023 05:23 pm IST

Big day for Democrats with wins in Ohio, Virginia: A round-up of off-year polls

Democratic City Council candidate Rue Landau speaks at an election night party in front of her supporters in Philadelphia, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov., 7, 2023.(Tyger Williams/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

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Updated on Nov 08, 2023 01:43 pm IST

Ohio voters reject GOP measure to make constitutional amendments harder

FILE PHOTO: An abortion rights protester holds a sign to keep abortion safe in Ohio at a rally in Columbus, Ohio, after the United States Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, June 24, 2022. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/File Photo

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Published on Aug 09, 2023 08:45 am IST

Women and OB-GYNs sue Texas over vague abortion ban, citing cruelty

Samantha Casiano and Luis Villasana stand outside the courtroom at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas on July 19, 2023. A Texas state court will hear arguments from both sides in Zurawski v. State of Texas, a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights on behalf of thirteen Texas women denied abortions despite serious pregnancy complications. (Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP)

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Published on Jul 21, 2023 10:42 am IST

Iowa Republicans pass bill banning most abortions after about 6 weeks, governor

Iowa Democrat Jennifer Konfrst speaks to protesters rallying at the Iowa Capitol rotunda in opposition to the new ban on abortion after roughly six weeks of pregnancy introduced by Republican lawmakers in a special session on Tuesday, (AP)

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Published on Jul 12, 2023 10:16 am IST

What has been the impact of overturning Roe v Wade in the one year since?

Abortion-rights activists demonstrate against the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 30, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Published on Jun 26, 2023 12:22 am IST

US gov appeals court to halt abortion pill order

BOXES of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion.

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Updated on Apr 11, 2023 02:34 am IST

This is the first US state to outlaw abortion pills

Wyoming Abortion Rules: Abortion restrictions have been up to states and the landscape has shifted quickly.

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Published on Mar 18, 2023 09:51 am IST

Delhi HC tells medical board to examine teen who wants to abort 25-week foetus

The minor in her plea had contended that she was a victim of sexual assault, and that her father is a man of limited economic means. (File)

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Updated on Jan 31, 2023 05:28 am IST

Thousands in US join abortion rights protests ahead of elections

Abortion rights demonstrators march outside of the Harris County Courthouse during the Women's Wave march in Houston, Texas, on October 8, 2022. (Photo by Mark Felix/AFP)

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Published on Oct 09, 2022 02:54 am IST

Joe Biden to set new US guidelines on abortion rights

President Joe Biden, with first lady Jill Biden.

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Published on Oct 04, 2022 05:41 pm IST

Facebook sparks outrage by complying with US police in an abortion case

FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020.

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Published on Aug 11, 2022 11:04 am IST

Why online privacy is more critical in a post-Roe world

With the Supreme Court's overruling of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion people's online personal data could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion.

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Published on Aug 11, 2022 09:35 am IST

US president Joe Biden signs executive order to protect travel for abortion

United States President Joe Biden.

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Published on Aug 04, 2022 01:22 am IST

Viral Video: US students' walkout over anti-abortion views amid doc's speech

Screengrab from viral video during the white coat ceremony at University of Michigan.

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Published on Jul 25, 2022 05:14 pm IST

‘Cruel consequences,' says Biden as 10-yr-old rape survivor travels for abortion

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation at the White House in Washington, DC following the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.

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Published on Jul 14, 2022 10:07 am IST

Pregnant Texas driver argues fetus is passenger after carpool fine

Brandy Bottone, 32 years old and 34 weeks pregnant, has vowed to go to court after she was pulled over in Dallas and handed a penalty by a police officer last month.

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Published on Jul 12, 2022 05:43 am IST