http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/canadian-abortion-crusader-says-he-deserves-award-285.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/canadian-abortion-crusader-says-he-deserves-award-285.html Source: http://www.boston.com 03.07.08 TORONTO (Reuters) - Henry Morgentaler, the doctor who led the fight to legalize abortion in Canada two Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:04:23 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/south-dakota-s-unbelievable-new-abortion-law--284.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/south-dakota-s-unbelievable-new-abortion-law--284.html Source: http://www.slate.com 03.07.08 In 2005, South Dakota passed an unprecedented abortion law. The statute purports to be about ensuring that patients give informed consent. Planned Parenthood characterizes it differently: as an Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:53:03 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/los-angeles-times-examines-apparent-increase-in-abortions-in-middle-east-283.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/los-angeles-times-examines-apparent-increase-in-abortions-in-middle-east-283.html Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com 03.07.08 The Los Angeles Times on Sunday examined how "changing social values and economic realities, as well as demographic shifts" have contributed to an apparent increase in the Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:43:55 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/world-publics-reject-criminal-penalties-for-abortion-282.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/world-publics-reject-criminal-penalties-for-abortion-282.html Source: http://www.worldpublicopinion.org Public at Odds With Their Country's Laws in Half of Countries Polled Questionnaire/methodology (PDF) Press Release (PDF) Full PDF Version WorldPublicOpinion.org finds that in 17 out of 18 nations polled Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:58:17 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/mps-want-care-after-abortion-281.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/mps-want-care-after-abortion-281.html Source: http://www.newvision.co.ug 01.07.2008 By Joyce Namutebi and Madinah Tebajjukira MANY young girls have died, while others lost uteruses after using crude abortion methods, women MPs said yesterday. They urged the Government to make available Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:32:45 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/midwives-vote-to-make-abortion-care-part-of-their-practice-280.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/midwives-vote-to-make-abortion-care-part-of-their-practice-280.html Source: http://www.ipas.org 30.07.08 At the recent International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) 28th Triennial Congress, in Glasgow, Scotland, council members voted to expand midwives’ reproductive health role to include Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:33:14 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/comment-beyond-the-dogma-the-real-abortion-debate-279.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/comment-beyond-the-dogma-the-real-abortion-debate-279.html Source: http://www.abortionreview.org 02.07.08 Dolan Cummings, editor of Culture Wars, reports on the debate ‘What’s so bad about abortion?’ at the BPAS conference in June. The debate about abortion today often Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:27:34 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-the-fight-continues-278.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-the-fight-continues-278.html Source: http://www.thefword.org.uk 02.07.2008 We always knew that the defeat of Nadine Dorries’ attempts to shrink women’s access to later term abortions was not the end of the fight. Many activists have been tallying up and Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:17:03 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/radio-free-europe-as-families-shrink-abortions-grow-in-central-asia-277.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/radio-free-europe-as-families-shrink-abortions-grow-in-central-asia-277.html Source: http://en.ca-news.org 01.07.08 CA-NEWS (CA) - Uzbekistan, like other Central Asian countries, dedicates considerable attention and funds to family planning. Saodat, a maternity ward nurse in the eastern province of Andijon, says Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:34:18 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/romanian-orthodox-church-authorities-refuse-to-condemn-abortion-in-case-of-pregnant-minor-276.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/romanian-orthodox-church-authorities-refuse-to-condemn-abortion-in-case-of-pregnant-minor-276.html Source: http://www.lifesitenews.com Romanians Divided Over Abortion for 11-Year-Old Reportedly Raped by Her Uncle By Matthew Cullinan Hoffman BUCHAREST, June 26, 2008 - A spokesman for the Romanian Orthodox Church declined to Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:04:45 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-activists-vow-to-harass-pilgrims-distribute-condoms-at-world-youth-day-275.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-activists-vow-to-harass-pilgrims-distribute-condoms-at-world-youth-day-275.html Source: http://www.lifesitenews.com Washington, DC,June 24,2008 – When Catholic youth around the world converge in Sydney, Australia for World Youth Day, they will be handed condoms in an attempt to protest the Pope’s Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:01:08 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/analyzing-maternal-deaths-in-nicaragua-274.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/analyzing-maternal-deaths-in-nicaragua-274.html Source: http://www.ipas.org 27.06.08 The Nicaraguan constitution guarantees that human rights are “inalienable, universal, indivisible and interdependent.” It also states that the government must “promote, defend Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:56:20 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-better-than-adoption-says-european-parliamentary-assembly-proposal-272.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-better-than-adoption-says-european-parliamentary-assembly-proposal-272.html Source: http://www.lifesitenews.com By Hilary White June 23, 2008 - The UK's Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has warned that an initiative of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:39:47 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/updated-fact-sheet-provides-data-on-abortion-utilization-financing-access-in-u-s--271.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/updated-fact-sheet-provides-data-on-abortion-utilization-financing-access-in-u-s--271.html Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com 23.06.08 "Abortion in the U.S.: Utilization, Financing and Access," Kaiser Family Foundation: The updated fact sheet provides data on the levels of use of different abortion Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:34:06 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/european-donors-partner-with-ipas-to-expand-access-to-safe-abortion-globally-269.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/european-donors-partner-with-ipas-to-expand-access-to-safe-abortion-globally-269.html Source: http://www.ipas.org 23.06.08 The governments of Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom recently committed new funding for Ipas programs to reduce needless deaths and injuries due to unsafe Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:13:33 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/majority-in-u-s-wants-abortion-to-remain-legal-268.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/majority-in-u-s-wants-abortion-to-remain-legal-268.html Source: http://www.angus-reid.com 22.06.08 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States believe pregnancy termination should remain legal, according to a poll by TNS released by the Washington Post and ABC News. 53 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:21:22 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/half-of-canadians-want-abortion-to-remain-legal-267.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/half-of-canadians-want-abortion-to-remain-legal-267.html Source: http://www.angus-reid.com 21.06.08 (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Half of adults in Canada believe pregnancy termination on demand should continue to be allowed in the country, according to a poll by Angus Reid Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:18:47 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/us-catholic-hospitals-engage-in-wide-spread-sterilization-and-abortion-266.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/us-catholic-hospitals-engage-in-wide-spread-sterilization-and-abortion-266.html Source: http://www.inteldaily.com 21.06.08 (Wikileaks) -- In a study of hospital discharge data for the State of Texas, whistleblowing Catholic medical researchers collaborating with Wikileaks found that Catholic hospitals Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:43:12 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-statistics-england-wales-2007-265.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/abortion-statistics-england-wales-2007-265.html Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com 20.06.08 The following National Statistics were released recently by the Department of Health: Abortion Statistics, England & Wales: 2007 Main findings: In 2007, for women resident in England Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:16:51 GMT http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/medical-school-curricula-in-mexico-lack-important-information-about-abortion-264.html http://www.medicalabortionconsortium.org/news/medical-school-curricula-in-mexico-lack-important-information-about-abortion-264.html Source: http://www.ipas.org 17.06.08 Access to safe abortion services has never been easy for Latin American women. Reproductive health advocates have often pointed to legal restrictions as a major barrier to access. Most Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:26:50 GMT