Legislation to remove abortion from the Crimes Act has been introduced into State Parliament by Women’s Affairs Minister Maxine Morand.
Over a year after abortion was decriminalised in Mexico City, abortion opponents hope the highest court will reverse the legislation.
The Bush administration has proposed stronger protections for health-care workers who refuse to participate in abortions.
We can reject the flawed claims that abortions threaten the mental health of women who choose to have them. By Melissa McEwan in The Guardian.
A major study from an influential American body finds abortion does not cause women to have mental health problems.
This authoritative study will undermine certain amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, reports Mark Henderson, Science Editor of the Times (London).
A court in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has rejected a couple’s plea to abort their 25-week fetus.