United States : Biden Begins to Undo Trump-Era Ban on Abortion Referrals
14/04/2021 “The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy that drove Planned Parenthood from […]
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United States : Why Abortion Pills Are the Next Frontier in the Battle Over Reproductive Rights
13/04/2021 “The Food and Drug Administration recently lifted restrictions on abortion pills to allow patients to get them through telemedicine.” https://time.com/5954429/fda-biden-abortion-pills/
United States : US court lifts hold on Ohio’s Down syndrome abortion law
13/04/2021 “A federal court has upheld an Ohio law prohibiting doctors from performing abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome.” https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/us-court-lifts-hold-ohios-syndrome-abortion-law-77047821
United States : US anti-abortion groups shift focus to voting restrictions
09/04/2021 “Increased attention on elections has come from unexpected corners offering significant grassroots power and money to efforts to make it harder to vote.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/09/us-voting-restrictions-conservative-groups-lobbying-against-abortion
Malawi : US Catholics funded Malawi opponents of legal abortion in cases of rape
30/03/2021 “After condemning abortion reform as an imposition of “foreign cultures”, a religious group in Malawi took thousands of dollars in foreign cash.” https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/us-catholics-funded-malawi-opponents-legal-abortion-cases-rape/
United States : 2021 Is Already The Year Of Anti-Abortion Legislation
26/03/2021 “State legislatures with eyes on a Supreme Court showdown have introduced more than 500 bills restricting the procedure.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2021-abortion-bills-report_n_605e17fac5b65d1c28154b24
United States : Black Christians discuss how faith informs their stances on abortion
15/03/2021 “Are reproductive rights a part of “God’s justice”?“ https://abcnews.go.com/US/black-christians-discuss-faith-informs-stances-abortion/story?id=76398415
United States : Trump’s antibody treatment was tested using cells originally derived from an abortion
7/10/2020 “The Trump administration has looked to curtail research with fetal cells. But when it was life or death for the president, no one objected.” […]
United States : Revealed: Amy Coney Barrett supported group that said life begins at fertilization
01/10/2020 “Barrett signed newspaper ad in 2006 sponsored by St Joseph County Right to Life, an extreme anti-choice group” Full article => https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/01/amy-coney-barrett-supported-group-fertilization
United States : Anti-abortion centers receive at least $4m from US coronavirus bailout
03/08/2020 “Payouts of forgivable federal loans to crisis pregnancy centers may total up to $10m while Planned Parenthood had to return $60m” Full article => […]