• January 31 2025
  FT Magazine

  A young couple paid for a luxury maternity home. Then it suddenly closed

  In China, consumers often have little recourse when things go wrong. This time they investigated

  
• August 30 2024
  US presidential election 2024

  Trump says he will vote against abortion rights in Florida

  Comments set to throw renewed spotlight on issue Democrats have targeted Republican presidential candidate over

  
• May 15 2024
  ReviewNon-Fiction

  Undue Burden — the reality for women in post-Roe America

  Shefali Luthra sympathetically documents the harrowing human consequences of curtailing the right to abortion

  
• May 9 2024
  MPs in push to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales

  Women’s rights campaigners optimistic parliament will support one of the amendments to criminal justice bill next week

  
• April 9 2024
  Reproductive rights

  Arizona court bans almost all abortions in Trump-Biden swing state

  Decision in crucial 2024 presidential election battleground comes as Democrats hope restrictions will energise voters

  
• February 29 2024
  Republican Party US

  Alabama lawmakers vote to protect IVF after controversial court ruling

  Move comes amid nationwide backlash to Republican efforts to restrict reproductive rights

  
• February 23 2024
  News in-depthUS politics & policy

  IVF ruling puts reproductive rights back at heart of US politics

  Alabama judgment that frozen embryos are ‘children’ follows Supreme Court’s overturning of abortion rights

  
• January 17 2024
  Jayasree K Iyer

  There are far too many avoidable deaths in childbirth

  The global health community — together with pharmaceutical companies — must prove they take maternal rights seriously

  
• September 12 2023
  Low-cost health measures could drive big fall in maternal mortality, says report

  Lives of 2mn mothers and babies could be saved by 2030 with small innovations in care, says Gates Foundation

  
• July 13 2023
  Reproductive rights

  US regulator approves first over-the-counter birth control pill

  Food and Drug Administration’s decision is significant development in nationwide battle over reproductive rights

  
• June 17 2023
  Women's health

  Calls for reform of UK abortion laws after woman jailed for late termination

  Campaigners demanding decriminalisation plan to march from Royal Courts of Justice to Westminster on Saturday

  
• April 14 2023
  Republican Party US

  Republicans risk voter backlash as they advance attacks on abortion

  Tough restrictions such as those passed in Florida are proving unpopular with the wider public

  
• February 16 2023
  Roe vs Wade

  Demand for morning-after pill rises in US as abortion restrictions spread

  Sales of Plan B emergency contraception jump while those of birth control pills and condoms fall, analysis shows

  
• January 4 2023
  Roe vs Wade

  US regulator moves to expand access to abortion pills

  FDA will let pharmacies dispense medication after Supreme Court ruling that allowed states to tighten restrictions

  
• October 4 2022
  Reproductive rights

  US considers first over-the-counter birth control pill

  Companies ask regulator to expand access as some states clamp down on abortion

  
• August 26 2022
  Special ReportAfrican Development

  Nigeria and Ghana’s health systems stand in contrast

  Africa’s largest economy has some of the worst outcomes in the world

  
• August 6 2022
  Eli Lilly & Co

  Eli Lilly says Indiana abortion ban will shift jobs out of its home state

  Pharmaceutical company says new legislation will hinder its ability to attract diverse talent

  
• August 6 2022
  US midterm elections

  ‘This time feels different’: Kansas abortion win stokes Democratic hopes

  Reproductive rights move up party’s agenda after surprise win in deeply conservative state

  
• August 3 2022
  Reproductive rights

  Kansas voters reject anti-abortion amendment to state constitution

  Resounding victory for pro-choice campaign in first test of public opinion after Supreme Court ruling on Roe vs Wade

  
• July 31 2022
  News in-depthRoe vs Wade

  US abortion pill boom raises legal and ethical questions

  Telehealth providers are stepping in to fill treatment gaps caused by the overturning of Roe vs Wade

  
• July 25 2022
  OutlookPatti Waldmeir

  Michigan prepares for ballot to decide on abortion

  In overturning Roe vs Wade, the Supreme Court is forcing states to settle the issue

  
• July 10 2022
  Reproductive rights

  Economic fallout from abortion bans will hit the poor hardest

  Research shows denying access worsens inequality and creates financial hardships for women and their families

  
• July 6 2022
  Roe vs Wade

  ‘Safe haven’ Illinois braces for surge in abortion demand

  US state has seen an influx of women seeking the procedure

  
• July 4 2022
  Amy Kazmin

  Overturning Roe will deny women life-saving treatment for late miscarriages like my own

  Campaigners in the US and Malta are protesting against laws that prevent doctors inducing abortion even in dangerous circumstances

  
• June 30 2022
  Free LunchMartin Sandbu

  The US Supreme Court’s blind spots on abortion

  Economics shows how Roe vs Wade profoundly restructured society