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Reuters: Home abortion drug use effective, safe for most
Tue, 03/09/2010 - 20:03 — WendyNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Medication-induced home abortions are safe for women who are 50 to 63 days pregnant, a new study from Sweden shows.
Studies to date have only looked at home use of the procedure up to 49 days after conception, Dr. Helena Kopp Kallner of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and her colleagues note in their report.
Times: Poll shows large support for relaxation of Irish abortion laws
Mon, 03/08/2010 - 10:51 — WendyThe Government was today urged to relax abortion laws after a poll showed more than three-quarters of the population favour such a move.
The Irish Family Planning Association (IFPA) said the survey reveals a significant shift in public attitudes to pregnancy termination.
The YouGov opinion poll showed 78 per cent of those questioned support access to abortion in Ireland if the pregnancy endangers a woman’s health or is the result of sexual abuse, rape or incest.
Times: Women cannot get abortion to save lives, says Choice Ireland
Mon, 03/01/2010 - 06:11 — WendyMARIE O'HALLORAN, Mon, Mar 01, 2010
FAILURE TO legislate on the X-case means that a woman cannot access an abortion even when it is necessary to save her life, according to a pro-choice organisation.
Spanish Senate approves new abortion law
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 20:04 — WendyMADRID — Spain on Wednesday approved a sweeping new law that eases restrictions on abortion, declaring the practice a woman's right and doing away with the threat of imprisonment, in part of a drive toward liberal policies that has angered conservatives and the Catholic Church.
The new law allows the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks and gives 16- and 17-year-olds the right to have abortions without parental consent. The senate's passage of the bill Wednesday gives it final approval.
Nicaragua Abortion Law Puts Pregnant Cancer Victim at Risk, Says Amnesty International
Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:21 — WendyTuesday, February 23, 2010
Amnesty International today called on the Nicaraguan authorities to provide cancer treatment to a pregnant woman that is currently being withheld because of a law that bans abortion in all circumstances.
Amalia (not her real name), 27, is 10-weeks pregnant and was diagnosed on February 2 with cancer, which may have already spread to her brain, lungs and breasts.
USA: Republican politician says disabled kids are god's punishment for abortion
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:41 — WendyCBSnews.com, 22nd February 2010
USA: Hawaii to repeal anti-abortion law
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 15:42 — WendyHonolulu Star-Bulletin, 21st February 2010
The House of Representatives yesterday paved the way for Hawaii to become the first state in the nation to repeal its abortion law.
The repeal bill passed by a 31-20 vote and is expected to breeze through the Senate on Tuesday.
Every member voted on the measure.
Barring major defects in the bill, Gov. John A. Burns is expected to let the bill become law without his signature.
Independent: Survey reveals changing attitudes of Catholic women
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 18:03 — WendySunday February 21 2010
Seventy-FIVE per cent of Catholic women in Ireland think that abortion should be allowed in cases of rape or incest, or where the pregnancy seriously endangers the woman's health.
More than 90 per cent of Catholic women here think that people should be allowed to remarry if their first marriage fails, and three-quarters of Catholic women are in favour of female priests.
Bahrain: Abortion drugs warning
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 11:03 — Wendy
Gulf Daily News, 21st February 2010
MANAMA: Pregnant women are putting their lives at risk by taking black market drugs to induce illegal abortions, says a leading doctor.
They are so desperate to abort their baby because of the social stigma attached to sex outside marriage that they are willing to pay as much as BD200 for the pills.
