By Pemphero Malimba
22 Apr 2026
Debate has emerged over renewed calls for a referendum to decide whether Malawi should proceed with reforms to the legal framework governing abortion.
Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Health, Anthony Masamba, has made the proposal.
Continued; https://www.pressreader.com/malawi/the-daily-times-malawi/20260422/281586657184049
The Hankyoreh reviewed years’ worth of court cases to understand how the failure to enshrine the right to abortion in law and normalize it as standard health care has affected Korean women who chose to terminate their pregnancies
April 13, 2026
Min-ji underwent two abortions while in a relationship with Young-ho in 2020 and 2021. The decision to terminate the pregnancies was reached by mutual consent. However, after the couple split, Young-ho changed drastically, going so far as to plaster Min-ji’s workplace with posters that accused her of being a “murderer who killed two children.”
After having an abortion in January 2022, Ye-eun refused to engage in sexual relations with her partner, Cheol-su, only for him to threaten to notify her family and her school of her past pregnancy.
Continued: https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1253991.html
Sunday, 22 March
Department of Health and Social Care
More than 1,200 abortions have been carried out on the Isle of Man since a change in the law in 2019.
The Abortion Reform Act, which came into force almost seven years ago, allowed women on the Island to request to terminate their pregnancy. Previously, women could only seek an abortion under strict criteria, or would have to travel off Island.
Figures published by the health minister show 1,240 procedures have been undertaken since the legislation was brought in.
17th March, 2026
Tonia Antoniazzi MP
165 years ago women didn’t have the vote, married women couldn’t own their own property, and marital rape was legal. It’s also how long ago a law was passed that continues to define abortion as a criminal offence in England and Wales.
This law has seen women targeted, punished, imprisoned, dragged from hospital beds to police cells, publicly shamed – mothers torn from their existing children and new babies – following complications in their abortion treatment, miscarriage, stillbirth or premature labour. More than 100 women have been criminally investigated since 2020, six have faced court and one has been sent to prison for abortion offences.
Germany recently passed incremental liberalisations to its abortion law. Yet access to abortion remains under threat, and far-right and conservative forces blocked its partial legalisation. Lisa Brünig explains how these processes are symptomatic of broader democratic backsliding
Lisa Brünig
March 10, 2026
In 2022, America's top court overturned the 1973 ruling guaranteeing women the right to abortion. In Poland, despite the efforts of Donald Tusk's Civic Coalition, abortion is permitted only in exceptional circumstances.
Germany's government, by contrast, recently took steps to liberalise the country's abortion laws. In 2022, it abolished paragraph 219a, which prohibited doctors and clinics stating on their websites that they provided abortions. In 2024, Germany also criminalised harassment outside clinics and counselling centres. Despite these incremental legal changes, however, abortion remains criminalised under Germany's Penal Code, and structural barriers to abortion care persist..
Continued: https://theloop.ecpr.eu/abortion-law-reform-in-germany-amid-democratic-backsliding/
Dec 4, 2025
Adrienne Murray
The parliament of the Faroe Islands voted on Thursday to legalise abortion until the end of the 12th week of pregnancy, overturning a decades-old law that prohibited abortions in most cases.
Previous legislation allowed abortions only in certain circumstances - such as rape, incest or risk to the health of the pregnant woman - and meant the self-governing Danish territory had among the most restrictive abortion policies in Europe.
By Lovemore
26 November 2025
Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele (CCC) has called for the repeal of the 1977 Termination of Pregnancy Act, describing it as one of the most backward laws in Zimbabwe.
Molokele made the comments at a press conference in Harare on Tuesday, which marked the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Continued: https://news.pindula.co.zw/2025/11/26/its-time-to-scrap-zimbabwes-outdated-abortion-law-molokele/
In an exclusive interview with Monaco Matin, the Sovereign set out his position on several issues, including the key points below.
By Monaco Tribune
19 November 2025
In an in-depth interview given to Monaco-Matin ahead of National Day, Prince Albert II confirmed the Government’s refusal to follow up on the proposed bill to legalise voluntary pregnancy termination (abortion) in the Principality. “I understand how sensitive this subject is, the emotion it can bring up,” the Sovereign said, justifying the position by reference to “the place that the Catholic religion holds in our country”.
The Head of State believes that “the current framework respects who we are”, referring to the legislative developments of 2009 and 2019 that established “a balance respectful of our fundamental identity”. Minister of State Christophe Mirmand informed National Council President Thomas Brezzo of the decision two weeks ago, while announcing new support measures to come.
Nov 14, 2025
BBC
Scotland's abortion laws are "not fit for purpose" according to an expert group, which has called for legal recognition for a woman's right to choose.
Currently, an abortion is only legal before 24 weeks when two doctors agree that certain grounds have been met - such as a risk to the mother's physical or mental health. An independent report recommends that these grounds are dropped, and doctors' agreement should only be required for late-term abortions after 24 weeks.
At a time of progression and regression in the field of women's reproductive rights, abortion clinic nurse Kendall Robbins has shed light on what goes into her daily work, including the challenges and misconceptions she's come up against
Julia Banim
28 Jun 2025
Last week, Adriana Smith, a brain-dead woman whose decomposing body was kept alive so her baby could be born, was finally taken off life support. The newborn, named Chance, weighed just 1 lb 13oz. It was a case that has shocked those already repulsed by the controversial reversal of Roe vs Wade in the US, a move that has already resulted in women dying after being denied life-saving care.
…But could we see such horror stories unfolding in the UK in the not-too-distant future? Advanced practice development nurse Kendall Robbins, who deals with the realities of terminations on a daily basis, thinks not.
Continued: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-abortion-nurse-hold-out-35449310
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