abortion

CHICAGO -- In a victory for antiabortion forces, doctors in South Dakota are now required to tell a woman seeking an abortion that the procedure "will terminate the life of a whole, separate, unique living human being."

Some women in countries where abortion is restricted are using the internet to buy medication for a home abortion, the BBC learns.

Leaders of a Richmond-based Catholic charity under federal investigation are scrambling to explain the organization's involvement in helping a 16-year-old illegal immigrant in its care get an abortion in January.

An 11-year-old Romanian rape victim is to have an abortion in the UK despite being cleared to have one in Romania.

Proposals to cut the 24-week upper limit for abortions are voted down by MPs.

MPs are set to vote on the issue of whether to reduce the abortion time limit from 24 weeks to 20 weeks or less.

Britain needs to send a "less casual message" about abortion, says an MP bidding to reduce the 24 week limit.