Профиль

Every time a clinic closes in the U.S., patients lose access to care, but that’s not all: Whole communities lose their comprehensive care providers for future generations - because clinics are the training grounds for new providers.

Who Will Train the Next Generation of Abortion Providers?Many medical and nursing schools do not teach abortion care; independent clinics do. They’re closing nationwide, creating a medical workforce crisis.msmagazine.com

U.S. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has promised a national ban on abortion. “We don’t have complete victory yet, but we will have victory, and victory will be soon, and and and it will be permanent,” Blanche vowed to his anti-abortion supporters.

Blanche assures anti-abortion supporters that Dobbs will be ‘permanent in every single state’The acting attorney general made the remarks during a private call with faith leaders.www.politico.com

Dutch gynaecologists want more hospitals to carry out later abortions between 22 and 24 weeks because access is not currently assured for all women. Some women travel to Spain, Britain, or the U.S. because they could not get a termination in Holland.

Doctors want more hospitals to offer late-term abortions - DutchNews.nlThe Dutch association of gynaecologists, the NVOG, and the healthcare inspectorate IGJ want more hospitals to carry out late-term abortions – between 22 and 24 weeks – saying access to the care is not...www.dutchnews.nl

Liechtenstein not only has one of the strictest abortion laws in Europe, information about abortion is also banned. A new people’s initiative asks for decriminalisation of abortion to 12 weeks, repeal of the information ban, and coverage of the procedure by health insurance.

Liechtenstein’s archaic abortion laws need to be modernised. But a prince is standing in the way | Gabriella Alvarez-HummelSubstantial hurdles are faced by women who have to travel abroad to access abortion, but Hereditary Prince Alois says he will veto any changes, says writer and campaigner from Liechtenstein Gabriella ...www.theguardian.com

Abortion bans have fueled a wave of people with high-risk pregnancies traveling to hospitals in Chicago. A group of doctors, hospitals, a nonprofit, and the state of Illinois try to make a challenging and expensive journey a little easier.

Many women with high-risk pregnancies can’t get abortions in their home states. Illinois welcomes them.More people travel to Illinois than to any other state for an abortion. A program helps the small percentage who need care in a hospital.www.wbez.org

Early medication abortion accounts for up to 90% of procedures in many high-income countries around the world, but only about half of early abortions in Australia receive medication care. Fixing this gap means expanding telehealth, supporting GPs, and exploring new models of care.

Medication abortion access still limited by location, study findsMany Australian women are struggling to access early medication abortion because of where they live, despite more GP’s offering the option.insightplus.mja.com.au

An interview with Sriha Srinivasan, a third-year medical student at George Washington University and board president of Medical Students for Choice. She talks about organizing medical students for abortion rights and the public health crises that abortion bans are creating.

The Med Student Staring Down Abortion BansSriha Srinivasan is a third-year medical student and board president of Medical Students for Choicejessica.substack.com

For years, researchers have found links between abortion restrictions and mental illness for women and girls. Now, new research shows that in U.S. states with strict abortion bans, teen girls bans experience higher rates of suicidal ideation than those in states without bans.

Abortion bans may be fueling a 'concerning increase' in suicidal thoughts among teen girlsA new study found a significant increase in suicidal ideation for teen girls in states with abortion bans — regardless of if they are pregnant. There was no increase for teen boys.19thnews.org

In a decision by an admin court in South Korea, Women on Web's lawsuit to unblock its entire website has been dismissed. The court implied that since abortion is no longer illegal, there's no urgent need to provide unapproved medication. But there's very little access!! And it's censorship.

Court Upholds Block on Abortion Pill Website AccessCourt Upholds Block on Abortion Pill Website Access Ruling cites Pharmaceutical Affairs Act violation; lawsuit dismissed for lack of authoritywww.chosun.com

In June 2026, two consecutive earthquakes killed at least 4,700 people and injured more than 16,000 individuals in Venezuela, exacerbating a pre-existing humanitarian crisis. In particular, Venezuela has an already fragile reproductive health system, with high maternal mortality.

Calling for the urgent protection of women’s sexual and reproductive health amid the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela | FigoIn June 2026, two consecutive earthquakes killed at least 4,700 people and injured more than 16,000 individuals in Venezuela, exacerbating a pre-existing humanitarian crisis1. Close to 59,000 building...www.figo.org

Poland - Former political prisoner Asia Bulybenka has created an art exhibition about her abortion experience, to raise awareness of abortion restrictions in Poland and show the personal struggles women can face in similar situations.

Former political prisoner Asia Bulybenka organizes an exhibition of paintings created after an abortionnashaniva.com

Angel Foster of the life-saving MAP Project says the extremism of the Dobbs decision galvanized “a new kind of creative thinking,” ideas such as shield laws in blue states - leading to providers shipping abortion pills to over 60,000 patients in mostly banned states.

She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a timeFar from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”www.motherjones.com

Never believe the Republican lie that they're "pro-life" for pregnant women or their babies. Stories like this reveal their real motivations - callousness, contempt and vindictiveness. Especially for women of colour.

A brilliant insight by Jessica Valenti. "The GOP is the party of Peeping Toms, obsessively watching what women do with our bodies and inventing ever more ways to get a closer look."

The GOP's Upskirt PoliticsThey don't just want to control women’s bodies—they’re getting off on it.jessica.substack.com

Finally, a voice of reason in South Korea. The Assoc. of Physicians for Humanism said: "Mifepristone’s safety has already been established. To protect medical professionals, the industry should develop guidelines for abortion procedures rather than oppose the introduction of mifepristone.”

With the abortion pill unavailable, Korean women resort to cancer drug to end pregnanciesDespite a legal change, mifepristone remains inaccessible, leaving little option but to an immunosuppressant that takes weeks to work.www.koreajoongangdaily.com

This UK blog covers international issues: "This week brought signs of hope and resistance. A court challenged medically unnecessary restrictions on abortion pills. The UN named reproductive control as violence. And support for abortion access remains stronger than the movement trying to destroy it."

The Weekly Spotlight: They Are Losing the Argument, So They Are Rigging the RulesThe anti-abortion movement has a problem: the public has seen the true impact of abortion bans, and does not like what it sees. Four years after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, more Ame…abortionrights.org.uk

The recent Kenya Appeal Court decision that basically re-criminalized abortion "was arrived at in a manner that violated various judicial principles and abandoned the Court’s duty to advance human rights," says Marion Joy.

How Kenya’s Court of Appeal Allowed the Indiscriminate Arrest of Women and Healthcare Providers for Abortion--Marion Joy, LL.B- Kabarak University, PGDL- Kenya School of Law, Advocate of the High Court of Kenya In April 2026, Kenya’s Court of Appealwww.iconnectblog.com

Anti-choice pregnancy centers in the U.S. are fighting hard for their right to lie, deceive, and put patients at risk without government regulation or oversight - despite gov't funding! 21 states have given almost a half-billion dollars to crisis pregnancy centers from 2022 to 2025.

Crisis pregnancy centers fight for ultrasound use in clinics without government oversight • StatelineAnti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers routinely offer free ultrasounds, but there is little oversight. OB-GYNs, state lawmakers, government officials, reproductive health advocates, and current and f...stateline.org

Forced pregnancy - and therefore any abortion restriction - is reproductive violence - a specific, systemic form of gender-based violence. The UN has spoken.

Columnist Carrie N. Baker: A groundbreaking UN resolution calls forced pregnancy what it is: reproductive violence - Daily Hampshire GazetteIt took until July 7, 2026, for the world’s leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant — or forcing them not to be — what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution a...gazettenet.com

Restrictive abortion laws in Lagos State (Nigeria) have contributed to preventable deaths and life-threatening complications. This article examines the human cost of criminalising abortion. theeagleonline.com.ng/hidden-cost-...