Time-lapse imaging which takes thousands of pictures of developing embryos can boost the success rate of IVF, according to British research.

This joint BPAS/Royal Society of Medicine conference, on 12 June in London, will address the impact of new developments in pregnancy testing for abortion care, miscarriage, fertility treatment and ectopic pregnancy; the role of fetal imaging in discussions about abortion and the regulation of pregnancy; the impact of policy debates about information, counselling and the abortion law; and the generational experiences of doctors working within the abortion service.

A Philadelphia doctor has been convicted of the first-degree murders of three babies delivered and killed with scissors in late-term abortions, BBC News Online reports.

An Irish health service team reviewing the case of Savita Halappanavar, the woman who died after a miscarriage, is to meet her widower's representatives.

Mothers and midwives have reacted against guidelines that will pressure all pregnant women to take breath tests to check if they have told the truth about smoking.

A controversial abortion bill in the Republic of Ireland does not amount to a change in the law, the Irish prime minister has said.

Writing on spiked, BPAS chief executive Ann Furedi argues that in replacing the ideal of reproductive choice with ‘reproductive justice’, feminists underestimate women’s capacity for autonomy.

Both choice and reproductive justice have a place in our battle for women’s autonomy. But one cannot take the place of the other, writes Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, on RH Reality Check.

Two Roman Catholic midwives have won the right to refuse to help with any abortion procedures or planning after an appeal court ruling in Scotland.

It's time to face down the Irish Constitution and its bizarre elevation of 'fetal rights' over women's rights, writes Barbara Hewson on spiked.

I didn't know about my son's autism in the womb, but society's focus should be on making life better for those with disabilities, writes Kristina Chew in the Guardian.