Abortion provider accuses Nigel Farage of pushing anti-abortion agenda to ‘ingratiate’ himself with Trump

Reform UK leader accused of ‘using women’s bodies and lives to score cheap political points’

Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
Tuesday 10 December 2024

Farage has been accused of pushing an anti-abortion agenda to “score cheap political points” and “ingratiate” himself with soon-to-be US president Donald Trump.

The Reform UK leader recently said parliament should debate rolling out stricter limits on abortion for women - suggesting the current time limit may need to be made shorter.

Continued: https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/nigel-farage-abortion-debate-trump-b2661900.html

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UK – RCN calls for decriminalisation of abortion

Madeleine Anderson
09 Dec 2024

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the decriminalisation of abortion in England, Wales and Scotland. The union urged abortion to be treated as a health matter, rather than a criminal issue, in a statement issued last week.

It is currently a criminal offence for women to obtain an abortion without the approval of two doctors, as outlined in the 1967 Abortion Act, in England, Wales and Scotland.

Continued: https://www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/womens-health/rcn-calls-for-decriminalisation-of-abortion/

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UK – Call to end abortion pills by post after poisoning

Dec 9, 2024
Clare Worden, BBC News, Norfolk

An anti-abortion group has called for abortion medication to stop being accessible by post after a man was convicted of poisoning a woman with pills. Stuart Worby, 40, from Dereham, Norfolk, was jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting the pregnant woman and giving her abortion medication.

Right To Life UK wants the government to suspend the ability for people to be sent this medication by post, which was introduced during the Covid pandemic, in light of the case. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said women needed to access safe abortions and should not be punished "for the actions of abusive men".

Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wrpje9le1o

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Polish ruling party’s presidential candidate outlines aims on abortion, defence and economy

Dec 9, 2024
Notes from Poland

The presidential candidate of Poland’s main ruling party, Rafał Trzaskowski, has outlined the priorities for his campaign, including ending the near-total abortion ban, increasing defence spending, and tackling inflation.

Speaking at a convention of the centrist Civic Coalition (KO) – at which he was introduced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk – Trzaskowski asked Poles to imagine how the country might look today if he had won the 2020 presidential elections, when he was narrowly defeated by Andrzej Duda, the conservative incumbent.

“There would be no embarrassment on the international stage, huge inflation, destruction of Polish schools, medieval anti-abortion law,” said Trzaskowski. “We will not allow that, women must decide about their lives and health.”

Continued: https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/12/09/polish-ruling-partys-presidential-candidate-outlines-aims-on-abortion-defence-and-economy/

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UK – Ban abortion ‘pills by post’, ministers urged

Charles Hymas (The Telegraph)
Sun, December 8, 2024

Ministers have been urged to ban the “pills by post” at-home abortions scheme after a man used the medication to spike the drink of a woman and cause a miscarriage.

Stuart Worby was jailed on Friday for 12 years for assaulting the woman when he administered the abortion pills in a glass of orange juice after obtaining them online.

The pills by post scheme was introduced during the Covid pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus and enable women to obtain the medication online without having an in-person consultation with a medical professional.

Continued: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ban-abortion-pills-post-ministers-171301207.html

German campaigners demand abortion be fully legalized

Femke COLBORNE
Dec 7, 2024

German campaigners are pushing for reform to remove legal hurdles for women seeking an abortion, with emotions running high on the issue as the country heads for early elections.

Under German law, abortion is illegal but tolerated in practice for women who are up to 12 weeks pregnant. However, a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy must first receive compulsory counselling, followed by a three-day waiting period and many doctors say the process can be complicated as well as traumatic.

Continued: https://www.citizentribune.com/news/national/german-campaigners-demand-abortion-be-fully-legalised/article_6d07dcde-c96d-51b3-bd5a-16aec48b1e65.html

UK – Man jailed for poisoning woman with abortion drugs

Dec 6, 2024
Clare Worden, BBC News

A man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and giving her medication to cause a miscarriage.

Prosecutors said Stuart Worby administered the drugs in a glass of orange juice and when the victim was blindfolded under the guise of what they said was "kinky sex".

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a miscarriage in hospital within hours of the assault.

Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje0p1dlzleo

Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so ‘they cannot be undone in the future’

Dec 6, 2024
by Laurence Dollimore

PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they ‘can never be undone’.

The left-wing PSOE leader made the announcement at an event marking the 46th anniversary of the Spanish Magna Carta – when the country left behind the Franco dictatorship and installed a parliamentary democracy.

“We believe that these are rights that we must protect in the Constitution so that no one can touch them in the future,” Sanchez said in a statement in parliament on Friday.

Continued: https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2024/12/06/spain-to-enshrine-gay-marriage-and-abortion-rights-into-its-constitution-so-they-cannot-be-undone-in-the-future/

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Norway extends abortion rights to 18 weeks

December 3, 2024

Norway's parliament on Tuesday adopted legislation extending the legal limit for abortion from 12 to 18 weeks in the Scandinavian country. Legislators voted by a broad majority in favor of a proposal by the center-left minority government that has been split on the issue.

The new law, which will replace 1978 legislation, will give women until the 18th week of pregnancy to decide whether they want an abortion. Currently, women in Norway can have an abortion after the 12th week but only with the approval of a medical committee made up two doctors, one male and one female. Refusals are extremely rare.

Continued: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-norway-abortion-rights-weeks.html

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Netherlands – Many women in abortion care did not use contraceptives; Better information needed

Dec 3, 2024

Many women who got an abortion did not use contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy, Rutgers found in new research. The expertise center for sexuality is concerned about a lack of knowledge and misinformation about fertility, contraceptives, and the chance of getting pregnant.

Rutgers surveyed women aged 16 and older who had requested an abortion. 41 percent had not used contraception. “It is striking that this group is so large,” Rutgers researcher Renee Finkenflügel told NOS. “We know for sure that the women who participated in the study became pregnant unintentionally. There seems to be a lack of information and knowledge about the means to prevent this.”

Continued: https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/03/many-women-abortion-care-use-contraceptives-better-information-needed

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