Abortion

The disturbing trend of selective abortion

Around 22 percent of live births in Bangladesh are still unintended at conception.
10 April 2023, 15:00 PM

Restricted abortion rights in the US will affect us all

To say that Roe v Wade does not affect us is untrue. It jeopardises women's right to choose all over the world.
20 August 2022, 16:00 PM

Roe v. Wade and America’s Supreme Court Abortion Ruling Explained

Roe v. Wade kept abortion legal in the US for the last 50 years.
6 July 2022, 12:34 PM

Woman beats up pregnant woman, damages 5-month-old foetus over ‘Facebook friend request’

Police arrested a woman yesterday (April 26, 2022) in connection with a case filed for beating a pregnant woman and damaging her five-month-old foetus, leading to its abortion, over a Facebook friend request at Shivalaya upazila in Manikganj.
26 April 2022, 18:38 PM

Nearly half of abortions 'unsafe': study

Close to half of the approximately 56 million abortions which is performed every year worldwide are unsafe, researchers says in a study.
28 September 2017, 06:29 AM

Ireland to hold abortion referendum in 2018

Ireland announced it will hold a referendum next year on whether to repeal its constitutional ban on abortion in almost all cases -- just a few weeks before Pope Francis visits.
27 September 2017, 04:28 AM

Missing daughters

At 26 years of age, Bimala, from a remote village in Western Nepal, gives birth to her sixth child and falls unconscious when she learns that the child is, yet again, a girl.
18 July 2017, 18:00 PM

Punish women for illegal abortions: Trump

Presidential candidate Donald Trump briefly called for "some form of punishment" for women who have abortions, if it became illegal.
31 March 2016, 05:44 AM

Anti-abortion filmmakers face charges in US

A Texas grand jury has cleared Planned Parenthood of misconduct after the abortion provider was accused of selling foetal body parts for profit.Instead, the panel charged the filmmakers behind the accusations with tampering with government records.
26 January 2016, 05:40 AM