An important new study finds that indecision is a major factor in delay. Jennie Bristow reports.
The US Supreme Court on 18 April upheld a law that bans a particular late-term abortion procedure.
A study of four abstinence education programmes has found that they do not stop young people having sex.
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) has warned that an unprecedented number of doctors refuse to carry out abortions.
The President’s office has issued a statement saying that he has ratified a law allowing abortion up until the tenth week of pregnancy
The newly-appointed minister, Jose Gomes Temporao, said in a newspaper interview that he wants to move the abortion issue on from religious and moral contexts to a matter of health.