Paul Mason
Battle for abortion rights in Spain
Paul Mason meets a Spanish generation who thought they’d fought and won the basic battles for women’s rights.
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Abortion in Argentina: Senate narrowly rejects legalisation
Anti-abortion campaigners have been celebrating their narrow victory this week in Argentina – after the country’s senate defeated a bill which would have legalised terminations during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
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Supreme Court rules Northern Ireland abortion law ‘incompatible with human rights’ – but fails to overturn it
The Government’s under mounting pressure to reform Northern Ireland’s strict abortion laws – after Supreme Court justices said that in some cases they were incompatible with human rights legislation. The court dismissed a legal challenge by campaigners – but said the ban needed “radical reconsideration”. One of the women whose case formed part of the challenge said they would…
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Sinn Féin Vice President on abortion law: ‘People want change’
Michelle O’Neill is the Deputy Leader of Sinn Féin and heads up the party in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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Women appear to take abortion pills outside Northern Ireland courts
There were chaotic scenes in Belfast as campaigners defied strict anti-abortion laws by taking what they said were abortion pills outside Northern Ireland’s main court buildings. The recent vote in Ireland to change the constitution to allow abortions, has increased pressure for change in Northern Ireland, where women are unable to have a termination locally…
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Dr Sarah Wollaston MP: ‘Women in NI should have same abortion rights as those in rest of UK’
Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston chairs the Commons health and social care committee.
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Northern Ireland facing pressure to reform after referendum
Theresa May has congratulated Irish voters on their decision to liberalise abortion laws – but she’s now under pressure to reform Northern Ireland’s strict laws too, with MPs across the political spectrum calling for the “anomaly” to be resolved.
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Ireland votes overwhelmingly for abortion reforms
Ireland votes a resounding ‘Yes’ to liberalising its strict abortion laws. Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the country was united – calling it the “culmination of a quiet revolution”.
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Abortion debate: the Irish referendum discussed and explained
On Friday Ireland will decide whether to scrap its almost-total ban on abortion. Vocal proponents for and against reforming the constitution have powered a referendum campaign that has become increasingly bitter, but with a significant proportion of the electorate thought to have made up their minds. Our Social Affairs Editor Jackie Long is joined in…
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Council considers anti-abortion protest ban
A council in London will decide this evening whether to ban pro-life protesters from approaching women who are wanting to terminate pregnancies at a Marie Stopes clinic. Local residents’ have signed a 3,000-signature petition calling for the pro-life protests to be banned after some women attending the clinic complained that some of the protesters had…
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FactCheck Q&A: Will we miss Nadine Dorries?
In 2007 she was drafted on to the select committee for innovation, universities, science and skills, but only managed to make one meeting out of 50. In 2009 it was science and technology, and Ms Dorries failed to get to any of the committee’s 20 scheduled meetings.
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Matt Frei
Romney on the rocks over rape ahead of the convention
Despite the parlous state of the US economy, the Republican party is wrestling with questions of rape, abortion and birth control as they head for a potentially feisty party convention.
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Matt Frei
American electors back moderation at the ballot box
Every now and then America dishes up an unforeseen, unscripted spasm of moderation. This is what happened in a slate of state elections and ballot initiatives yesterday, which amounted to a collective cold shoulder to some feverish issues pushed mainly by the hard right. In Mississippi voters overwhelmingly rejected an initiative which would have redefined…
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FactCheck: Nadine Dorries steps up abortion row
Nadine Dorries’ latest charge is that the British Pregnancy Advisory Service’s (Bpas) central London clinic only has an hour a week that it dedicates to counselling sessions. And if you can’t make that session at London’s “largest” Bpas clinic, or if it’s booked, you’ll be unceremoniously packed off to their Richmond clinic. Is she right? FactCheck investigates.
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FactCheck: Cutting through the rhetoric on abortion
Tory MP Nadine Dorries is leading a campaign to stop two charities from counselling women considering an abortion. Has she got her facts straight?