Colombia decriminalises abortion
Colombia’s constitutional court voted this week to decriminalize abortion in the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Colombia is the third large country in Latin America...
Ecuador’s President vows to veto abortion bill
The new president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, declared this week that he will veto a bill that Congress is debating to regulate abortion in cases...
European Parliament opposes conscientious objection to abortion
The election of Roberta Metsola as president of the European Parliament has revived a debate on its position on abortion. She is the youngest-ever President...
‘March for Life’ in Washington DC rally draws tens of thousands
The annual “March for Life” rally in Washington DC on Friday attracted tens of thousands of pro-life activists – most of them young. Energizing the...
US Supreme Court returns to abortion in a major case
This week the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most controversial case of the year, the long-awaited challenge to Roe v. Wade and...
City employees in Boston can get 12 weeks’ paid leave after abortions
While Iran is trying to wind back the clock on abortion (see BioEdge), Boston is trying to make it easier. According to a report in...
Benin and El Salvador go in opposite directions on abortion
Parliamentary committee votes / La Prensa Grafica It is odd to see how countries can differ so radically on the fundamental issue of abortion. The...
‘Fake news’ from Malawi about unsafe abortions
The London Telegraph published a confronting statistic about abortion this week: 12,000 women die every year in Malawi after a back-street abortion. “These women die like...
Ireland chooses
Ireland, which was once Europe’s most socially conservative nation, has voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to its constitution in order to permit abortion. The...
Does religion have a role in bioethics?
The notion that religious convictions have no place in medicine or bioethics is widespread and growing. The notion that religious convictions have no place in...
Remember Savita?
The Indian dentist’s death was misrepresented. A new style of journalism has emerged in the UK: slow journalism. “Because today's ultra-fast news cycle rates being...
More restraint was needed in reporting Savita’s death
Hi there, One of the impressive things about the reaction of the police and the government in Boston after the terrible bomb blasts near the...