• July 12 2024
  Poland

  Coalition split hampers Tusk’s bid to roll back Polish abortion ban

  Junior partner joins rightwing opposition to vote against a bill to decriminalise helping women terminate pregnancies

  
• June 26 2024
  Supreme Court US

  US Supreme Court error appears to reveal setback for Idaho abortion ban

  Document obtained by Bloomberg suggests court will allow emergency abortions

  
• June 25 2024
  Data protection

  Privacy fears sap potential of female fertility tech start-ups

  US 2022 abortion ruling has heightened concerns over the safety of women’s healthcare trackers

  
• June 14 2024
  Giorgia Meloni

  Meloni accuses Macron of electioneering at G7 summit

  Italian premier trades barbs with under-pressure French president over abortion rights

  
• June 13 2024
  US Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion pill

  Unanimous decision finds plaintiffs lacked standing to sue over regulatory approval of mifepristone

  
• 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
  Maternal health

  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 16 2024
  US presidential election 2024

  ‘Trump did this’: abortion ruling hands Biden opening in Arizona

  ‘Draconian’ court decision puts reproductive rights at heart of election in crucial 2024 swing state

  
• April 15 2024
  FT Swamp Notes

  Will abortion be Trump’s downfall? Premium content

  Suburban women in swing states believe the former president’s policies are too restrictive

  
• April 13 2024
  FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen

  Swamp Notes: What’s the Republican party’s position on abortion?

  Voters aren’t happy about the rollback of US abortion rights. Republicans are getting the message.

  
• April 11 2024
  Poland

  Tusk coalition split on abortion rights

  First cracks emerge within prime minister’s alliance as parliament debates reproductive rights

  
• April 9 2024
  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

  
• April 8 2024
  FT live news

  News updates from April 8: Millions watch solar eclipse; Elon Musk predicts AI will overtake human intelligence in 2025

  
• April 8 2024
  US presidential election 2024

  Trump says abortion law should be left to states

  Former president declines to endorse national ban but takes credit for overturning Roe vs Wade

  
• April 3 2024
  Edward Luce

  Abortion could be Trump’s Waterloo

  Democrats need to press home their advantage on an issue that seems a sure vote-loser for Republicans in November

  
• April 1 2024
  US presidential election 2024

  Florida voters to decide whether to protect abortion rights

  November ballot referendum on a flashpoint issue will give Democrats hope of boosting turnout within their base

  
• March 26 2024
  Abortion pill access seems likely to withstand scrutiny from US Supreme Court

  Justices’ scepticism towards disrupting the legal landscape is a potential boon for Republicans ahead of 2024 election

  
• March 4 2024
  French politics

  France becomes first nation in world to add abortion rights to constitution

  Move to pass article gained traction amid rollback of reproductive freedoms in US and Poland

  
• 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

  
• December 13 2023
  US Supreme Court to hear case on abortion pill access

  Decision sets up another potentially landmark ruling on reproductive rights as the country prepares for 2024 election

  
• November 21 2023
  News in-depthRussian society

  Putin’s Russia turns on abortion

  Pro-choice campaigners link ultra-conservative rhetoric to Kremlin’s desire for more soldiers

  
• November 10 2023
  Democratic Party US

  Voter ‘backlash’ against abortion restrictions boosts US Democrats

  Efforts to protect women’s reproductive rights are helping Joe Biden’s party, strategists say

  
• September 7 2023
  Mexico’s Supreme Court enshrines abortion rights

  Decision is the latest victory for reproductive rights activists in Latin America as US states face growing restrictions

  
• August 7 2023
  US presidential election 2024

  ‘Of course he lost’: Ron DeSantis dismisses Trump’s 2020 election claims

  Florida governor also appears to moderate hardline abortion stance in yet-to-air NBC interview

  
• August 7 2023
  OutlookPatti Waldmeir

  Turmoil over US abortions turns spotlight on safe havens for newborns

  Just over a year after the ruling overturning Roe vs Wade, debate over ‘baby boxes’ is heated