Harris was strongest at debate when talking about abortion while Trump relied on tired old lies

Carter Sherman
Wed 11 Sep 2024

Throughout his 2024 campaign for president, Donald Trump has avoided giving straight, consistent or accurate answers to questions about abortion – and in his first debate appearance against Kamala Harris, Trump kept up that streak.

Moderators introduced abortion, one of the biggest issues in the election, by asking about the most recent example of Trump’s incoherence on the topic: his position on a Florida ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution. Over the last few weeks, Trump initially suggested that he would vote in favor of the measure – which would restore abortion rights in a state that has banned the procedure past six weeks of pregnancy – before quickly backtracking amid outrage from his anti-abortion base.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/11/abortion-harris-trump-debate

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Restrictive Abortion Laws Worsening Nigeria’s Maternal Death Rates, As Experts Seek Amendment

By Chioma Umeha
Sep 11, 2024

LAGOS – Experts are sounding the alarm that restrictive abortion laws in African nations, particularly Nigeria, are likely to exacerbate maternal death rates. Historical data from Romania indicates a significant decline in abortion-related deaths following the repeal of such laws, with rates dropping from 34 per 100,000 to less than 1 per 100,000. South Africa has seen similar improvements after easing restrictions.

The ongoing enforcement of restrictive abortion laws in Nigeria and other African countries is expected to lead to increased maternal mortality, complicate teenage pregnancies, and inflict emotional distress on women and children. Additionally, these laws are projected to disrupt women’s economic productivity, resulting in increased time away from work and further economic challenges.

Continued: https://independent.ng/restrictive-abortion-laws-worsening-nigerias-maternal-death-rates-as-experts-seek-amendment/

To raise birth rate, North Korea punishes abortion doctors and contraceptive sellers

2 doctors who performed secret abortions were sentenced to prison.

By Moon Sung Hui and Son Hyemin for RFA Korean
2024.09.09

North Korea is attempting to slow its declining birth rate by punishing doctors who perform abortions and people who sell smuggled contraceptive pills, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

Abortion has been illegal in North Korea since the widespread famine of the 1990s killed as many as 2 million by some estimates.

Still, to boost their small government salary, some North Korean doctors have secretly installed medical equipment in their homes to perform abortions, and charge about 30,000 won (US$1.76) per abortion, sources told RFA Korean.

Continued: https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/north-korea-abortion-contraceptive-womens-health-doctors-prison-sentences-09092024160351.html

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USA – State abortion bans are forcing doctors to provide substandard care – new study

Research group describes health workers waiting until patients ‘on brink of death’ before providing care

Carter Sherman
Mon 9 Sep 2024

More than two years after the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, state abortion bans are forcing doctors to provide substandard medical care, new research released Monday shows.

The study describes how one woman, whose water broke too early on her pregnancy, ended up in the ICU with severe sepsis because she could not get an abortion to end her doomed pregnancy. Her story is one of dozens of narratives collected by the research group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, which is housed at the University of California, San Francisco.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/09/state-abortion-bans-doctor-care-pregnancy

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Abortion Rights protest stands firm against bigots’ march in London

‘Go away march of spite, health care is a human right’ chanted protesters

Socialist Worker
7 September 2024

Up to 400 people joined a pro-choice protest in parliament square on Saturday to confront the bigots’ annual March for Life.

The crowd chanted, “When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” and, “Go away march of spite, health care is a human right.”

Continued: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/abortion-rights-protest-stands-firm-against-bigots-march-in-london/

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Malawi – Knowledge gap spurs unsafe abortion

Unsafe abortion is a silent killer in Malawi. If abortion was not criminalized then one Lucy Ibrahim could have been the happiest married woman.

September 7, 2024
Nyasa Times

The 49-year old woman living in the slum location of Goliyo in the populous township of Ndirande in Blantyre opted for unsafe abortion due to prevailing restrictive law.

The mother of three, was forced to seek unsafe abortion while happily married because she got an unplanned pregnancy after she was forced to stop using family planning methods.

Continued: https://www.nyasatimes.com/knowledge-gap-spurs-unsafe-abortion/

07.09.2024

Scotland – Abortion buffer zones to take effect within weeks

Sept 5, 2024

Buffer zones around clinics offering abortion services in Scotland will come into force on 24 September.

The new law will prevent any protests or vigils from taking place within 200m (656ft) of 30 clinics around the country.

Opponents had claimed the legislation would infringe on freedom of religion, but it was passed overwhelmingly by MSPs in June.

Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0r75n72qzo

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Nigeria – AGE Network launches 2024 ‘Belle By Choice’ Challenge

2nd September, 2024
By Adejoke Adeleye, Ogun

As part of its bid to help flatten the curve of unwanted pregnancies among women and adolescent girls in Nigeria, the African Girls Empowerment Network (AGE) is set to launch 2024 Belle by Choice Challenge.

AGE Network, in a release signed by its Administrator, Matina Ebri said it has been able to form a movement for collective actions #Bellebychoicemovement# with Advocate for Peace Nature and Gender justice (APNAG), Assist Women and Develop Children Initiative, Association for the Restoration of the Dignity of Womanhood, Women for women empowerment CBO, Empowering Women for Excellence Initiative, Women for Decency International Outreach, Gender Breast Health Foundation, Gangiche Group of Company, Network For Youth Enlightenment And Development N-YED, Abdulganiyu Lawal, Kabaa Digital Resource Centre, Centre for Communities Education and Youth Development, Abraham’s Children Foundation, G. O .Lawalson Trading Company, The Young and Woman initiative, Bethel Viva Foundation, Centre for Communities Education and Youth Development, Free Hearts Africa Reach Out Foundation (FAROF) and many more.

Continued: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2024/09/02/age-network-launches-2024-belle-by-choice-challenge/#google_vignette

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Scotland – SNP members vote to enshrine right to abortion in indy Scotland constitution

Sep 1, 2024
By James Walker

SNP members have voted to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution of an independent Scotland. The motion, which was proposed by the SNP’s Elgin branch, was comfortably passed at conference on Sunday.

It looked to "safeguard women's reproductive rights against any potential political or legal regression" amid recent developments in the United States, where the overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to significant rollbacks in women's right to an abortion in several states.

Continued: https://www.thenational.scot/news/24555117.snp-members-vote-enshrine-right-abortion-constitution/

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Polish government publishes guidelines to help women obtain legal abortions

Aug 31, 2024
Notes from Poland

Poland’s government has published guidelines for when and how abortions can be carried out, with the aim of ensuring that doctors and prosecutors “take the women’s side” when making decisions on the issue.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk – who last week admitted that it is unlikely he can achieve his aim of liberalising the country’s strict abortion law – declared today that “if we won’t change the law, we will change the reality”.

“We are looking for ways of acting that, in accordance with the law, will enable in practice access to legal abortion for women who, for various reasons, should have the right to this abortion,” he added.

Continued: https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/08/31/polish-government-publishes-guidelines-to-help-women-obtain-legal-abortions/

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