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Continued: https://news.pindula.co.zw/2025/11/26/its-time-to-scrap-zimbabwes-outdated-abortion-law-molokele/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
Women across the UK finally, truly have the right to choose.
By Glamour
23 June 2025
Evelyn* had a medical abortion (also known as the abortion pill) at age 19 after unexpectedly falling pregnant. Had her termination not been deemed necessary by two doctors who “authorised” the procedure, she could have found herself facing prosecution with a maximum penalty of life in prison. Read her story, in her own words, below.
Seven years ago, I was enjoying my final few weeks of the summer before packing up and moving away for my first year of university. In what seemed like a cruel turn of events, it was at one of my university send-off parties that I found out I was pregnant.
My then-boyfriend and I were sexually active at the time, and we were using barrier methods to prevent pregnancy. Suffice it to say, one of the condoms must have failed.
Continued: https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/abortion-law-change-teenage-abortion-experience
Tuesday’s vote in parliament was a missed opportunity – and proof that progressives are allowing the right to shape the key debates
Stella Creasy
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Around the world, the antis are joining forces. Whether anti-abortion, anti-transgender, anti-immigrant, anti-human rights or just anti anyone who doesn’t look like them, they are collaborating; amplifying one another and sharing their political and cultural successes. Their rhetoric now dominates our discussions, and increasingly our ballot boxes. In response, some argue caution or even capitulation – as if we can stop the public being dragged to the extremes if we speak in hushed tones or water down our ambitions for social justice. As we witness the consequences of this, it is time to speak up for those values that drive us to show that another future is possible.
On Tuesday, parliament had the opportunity to set abortion in England and Wales on the same modern, regulated footing as it is in Northern Ireland: as a human right. Instead, a vote on this was explicitly blocked by the providers of this service and their supporters, telling MPs to back another amendment, to get a single exemption from prosecution for women “over the line” instead. That is what happened. In contrast, my proposed amendment would have gone further, offering “protection to all those involved in ensuring that women can access safe and legal abortions”.
Diane Munday had an abortion in 1961. Here she explains to Sofia Fenton why she dedicated her life to reforming the law.
By Sofia Fenton and Diane Munday
16 June 2025
When the 1967 Abortion Act passed, I sat on the terrace of the House of Commons with my fellow campaigners and marked the moment with half a glass of champagne. Half because it was only a partial victory – I felt it was a necessary compromise but that the job was far from finished.
One in three women will have an abortion in her lifetime. Yet abortion has not been decriminalised. A woman must get the sign-off of two doctors. Two doctors who have likely never seen her before nor will they see her again but are strangers making one of the most important decisions of someone’s life. It was a requirement I opposed even in the 1960s – but it was the price of getting the bill through Parliament.
Continued: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle/a65075635/diane-munday-abortion-bill/
It would be a huge blow to women's rights and hit those in vulnerable situations especially hard
By Jennifer Savin
13 June 2025
A group of cross-party MPs, including Reform's Richard Tice and Caroline Johnson of the Conservative Party, backed by ardent anti-choice groups with religious affiliations, are hoping to push forward an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill next week which would see the end of telemedicine (pills-by-post) abortions.
This method of ending a pregnancy is a preferred choice for thousands of women every year, particularly those who live in remote areas and who cannot easily access a clinic in person, and those in vulnerable situations, such as an abusive relationship.
Continued: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a65057077/telemedicine-abortion-amendment/
June 10, 2025
Brian Wheeler, Nick Triggle
Women would no longer be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy in England and Wales under a proposed shake-up of abortion laws.
MPs are set to get a free vote next week - meaning they will not be told how to vote by their party - on a change to the law.
It comes amid concern more women are being investigated by police on suspicion of illegally ending a pregnancy.
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