A woman in Texas is suing prosecutors and Starr County for more than $1.5m ($US1 million) after she was arrested and unlawfully charged with murder for an abortion she had in 2022.
France inscribed the guaranteed right to abortion in its constitution on Friday, a powerful message of support for women's rights on International Women's Day.
Catherine Herring, who has filed for divorce, said their one-year-old daughter was born about 10 weeks premature, has developmental delays and attends therapy eight times a week.
"This law is not just a symbol, because for too many women, this right is still hindered… because insidiously, throughout the world, this right is retreating."
New legislation will be introduced to the Western Australian parliament next week to allow minors to have an abortion without parental or guardian consent.
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is waging an unprecedented campaign to try to change Pentagon abortion policy by holding up hundreds of military nominations and promotions.
Nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe the two main drugs used for abortion, under new rules implemented by the Therapeutic Drug Administration.
The US Supreme Court on Friday preserved women's access to a drug used in the most common method of abortion, rejecting lower-court restrictions while a lawsuit continues.
The South Carolina Supreme Court has struck down a ban on abortion after six weeks, ruling the restriction enacted by the Deep South state violates a state constitutional right to privacy.
The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion US priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were "blasphemous communications on social media" as well as "persistent disobedience" of his bishop.
Some Australians will be able to access free abortions while others in rural communities are battling a "postcode lottery" to access the critical health service.
The top law official in the US state of Indiana is conducting a criminal investigation into a doctor who performed an abortion on a 10-year-old sexual assault victim.
A day after top law officials in the US state of Ohio cast doubt on reports of a 10-year-old falling pregnant and needing an abortion, the man accused of raping her has been charged.
US President Joe Biden signed an executive order aimed at protecting abortion rights in response to the landmark decision by the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.
South Dakota Republican Governor defended her state's abortion ban, which includes an exception when the pregnant person's life is at risk but not in cases involving incest or rape.
Tens of thousands of people have descended on Sydney, Melbourne and other major cities across Australia to demand access to safe abortions for millions in the US.
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"This decision will disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable who are unable to travel to more liberal states to access abortion services."
Elected officials across the USA vowed to take action to protect women's access to reproductive health care, and abortion foes promised to take the fight to new arenas.