Spain: Senate approves new abortion law

Spain on 24 February approved a sweeping new law that allows the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks and gives 16- and 17-year-olds the right to have abortions without parental consent.

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22 February 2010

Ireland: Attorney general speaks about X case

The attorney general who challenged a 14-year-old rape victim’s right to travel to England for an abortion in 1992 has said that he regrets the sadness caused, but insists he was only doing his duty, the Sunday Times reports.

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16 February 2010

USA: Anti-abortion campaign targets black community

The UK Independent reports on a controversial poster campaign in Georgia.

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29 January 2010

USA: George Tiller’s killer guilty of murder

A man who said he killed the Kansas abortion doctor to save the lives of unborn babies has been found guilty of first-degree murder.

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27 January 2010

USA: New rise in teenage pregnancy rate

After more than a decade of declining teenage pregnancy, the rate among girls ages 15 to 19 increased 3 percent from 2005 to 2006, the Guttmacher Institute has found.

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16 January 2010

USA: Renowned clinical psychologist dies

Henry P. David, whose research on the psychological effects of abortion was hugely influential, died on 31 December 2009 at the age of 86.

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16 January 2010

USA: Healthcare reformers battle over abortion

Opponents and supporters of abortion rights agree on something, writes Tom Kisken in the Ventura County Star. Both sides say they could have predicted that federal funding of abortion would emerge as a dividing line in the fight for healthcare reform.

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