Sep 10, 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan, Abortion Rights Campaign
If you were with us in Parliament Square on Saturday, you saw exactly what we are up against.
Every year, anti abortion campaigners tell us their movement is about compassion. They talk about “protecting women”, supporting families and defending life.
But the reality we saw on Saturday looked very different.
01 Sep 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan, Abortion Rights Campaign
Abortion Rights warns that anti-abortion politics is being pushed further into the British mainstream as Reform UK hosts anti-abortion campaigners at its party conference this week.
This weekend, on Saturday 5 September, pro-choice campaigners, trade unions, MPs and healthcare organisations will gather in Parliament Square for Stand Up for Choice, Abortion Rights’ annual counter-protest to March for Life UK.
In 2026, the year of our lord, it seems the most radical thing you can put on a billboard is something that shouldn’t be controversial at all.
Rachel Cairns
Aug 18, 2026
Hello dear reader,
As I get Hypothetical Baby back on its feet for another run—this time at Here For Now Theatre in the lovely Stratford—something abortion-related has happened about an hour’s drive down the road in London, Ontario.
…The Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada (ARCC)—the only national organization devoted to protecting abortion rights and access, and a supporter of the play and podcast—has been running a messaging campaign. The medium is billboards that simply state “Abortion is Healthcare”. Three words, on a pretty purple background. That’s it. ARCC’s campaign has three goals: supporting Canadians’ reproductive autonomy, reducing abortion stigma, and countering inflammatory and misleading messaging from anti-choice groups.
Continued: https://rachelcairns.substack.com/p/when-an-extremely-boring-factual
01 Jul 2026
Alisa Berry Ryan
Last week, we looked at the international networks linking anti-abortion campaigners, far-right politicians and conservative organisations. This week, we’re looking at something different: the rebrand.
Rather than talking only about abortion, anti-abortion campaigners are increasingly framing their arguments around “religious freedom”, environmental protection and opposition to so-called “woke” institutions. It’s a strategy designed to broaden their appeal, build new alliances and bring reproductive rights into the wider culture war.
Continued: https://abortionrights.org.uk/the-weekly-spotlight-the-anti-abortion-rebrand/
13 February 2026
By Natalia Katolik and Somtochukwu Madumelu
On 28 January 2026 Durham CELLS and the Institute for Medical Humanities hosted an ‘Afternoon of Law, Medicine and Popular Culture’. We watched and the discussed the film Vera Drake, with introduction and talk from Dr Samantha Halliday.
The cinematic power of Mike Leigh’s Vera Drake (2004) lies in its commitment to "kitchen sink realism". Rather than treating abortion as a remote legal abstraction, Leigh grounds the narrative in the mundane details of 1950s working-class London. Muted greys, cramped interiors, and lingering domestic shots depict illegality as embedded within ordinary life. Vera Drake offers a compelling reflection on the disjunction between abortion law and the lived experiences of women subject to it.
Forced-birth groups are testing their strategy
Dr. Jen Gunter
Nov 28, 2025
My friends in Canada, and anyone else who cares about human rights and not descending into fascism, The National Post sounded a right-wing dog whistle about abortion, and you need to pay attention. We have lived this in the United States, and trust me when I tell you, this is how it starts.
The cause for alarm? The National Post, a right-wing national rag, ran a piece featuring an undercover forced birther allegedly visiting four clinics, claiming she was 22 weeks pregnant and trying to arrange an abortion. The videos were highly edited and apparently filmed two years ago, when the person who made them claimed to have been pregnant. I make no excuses for not taking the word of someone who shoots clandestine videos about abortion. When someone publicly admits to misleading multiple people, their word is meaningless.
Continued: https://vajenda.substack.com/p/abortion-rights-in-canada-are-under
18 April 2024
Ivonne Diaz, Director of Division of SRHR, and Laura Gil, Chair of Committee on Safe Abortion
As part of FIGO’s ongoing commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive rights, the FIGO Committee on Safe Abortion would like to commend and highlight the exemplary work of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (RCOG), which has recently issued guidance for healthcare professionals on involving the police following abortion and pregnancy loss.
The guidance is designed to foster a supportive and non-judgmental environment for women seeking care related to abortion, pregnancy loss, or unattended delivery. These guidelines emphasise the importance of treating women with dignity, respect and compassion, regardless of their reproductive choices or circumstances.
To uphold the fundamental human right to health, as enshrined in the Constitution, maternal health must remain a top government priority.
Thursday, August 03, 2023
By Tamia Nuna, Youth Advocate
In 2020, nearly 800 women died daily from pregnancy- and childbirth-related preventable causes, a maternal death every two minutes. While the global maternal mortality ration (MMR) dropped by 34 per cent from 2000 figures, that 95 per cent of cases were in low- and lower-middle-income countries is a concern. Kenya had a high MMR, of 530 deaths per 100,000 live births, above the global average of 223, thus the urgent need for action.
Continued: https://nation.africa/kenya/blogs-opinion/blogs/entrench-safe-motherhood-4324120
2023-05-30
Kumi Tsukahara, Hatena Blog
In Japan, the Mefeego Pack, a combi-product of one Mifepristone and four Misoprostol tablets, was launched on May 16, 2023, and the Japan Women's Foundation's Dr. Miho Uchida's clinic began offering "oral abortion pills" for the first time in Japan on Thursday, May 25, 2023.
As far as we could confirm on May 27, 11 hospitals or clinics joined the providers listed on the website of the manufacturer Linepharma K.K. as institutions that can handle this drug, however on Monday morning, all the other clinics that followed the lead of Dr. Uchida's Fides Ladies Clinic disappeared from the list.
Continued: https://okumi.hatenadiary.com/
Time is up for policy makers to stop putting the health and lives of women and girls at risk based on implicit biases and subjective opinions
by ESTHER AOKO, Star Blogs
24 June 2022
As sexual and reproductive health and rights continue to be sidelined the world over, detrimental health outcomes like alarming rates of teenage pregnancies and unsafe abortions continue to be reported in Kenya.
The Ministry of Health recently reported over 45,700 cases of teenage pregnancies in January and February of this year alone. Additionally, over 26,000 women and girls in Kenya die every year from unsafe abortion.
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