Biden hits out at ‘irresponsible’ US senator for blocking military promotions over abortion

Biden hits out at ‘irresponsible’ US senator for blocking military promotions over abortion

The US president has accused Republican senator Tommy Tuberville of threatening national security and has urged the Republican Party to take a stand.

  • byFarrah Tomazin

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US senator blocks hundreds of military promotions over reproductive rights

US senator blocks hundreds of military promotions over reproductive rights

A Republican Senator is blocking the promotions due to his objection to the Pentagon allowing women to take leave or travel if they need an abortion.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Medical abortion pill access expanded in landmark move

Medical abortion pill access expanded in landmark move

All doctors and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe the pregnancy termination pill,and all pharmacies can stock it as the government slashes red tape.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
A pregnant 9-year-old girl sparked US abortion anger. Her rapist just got life in jail

A pregnant 9-year-old girl sparked US abortion anger. Her rapist just got life in jail

The man charged with raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl who travelled to neighbouring Indiana to obtain an abortion has been sentenced.

  • bySharon Bernstein
Labor won’t make public hospitals perform abortions,despite fresh push for access

Labor won’t make public hospitals perform abortions,despite fresh push for access

Abortion services are a patchwork across the country,with rules that differ between states and territories and many public hospitals or GPs that refuse to provide terminations.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
How a 51-year-old legal case still troubles America

How a 51-year-old legal case still troubles America

A year since the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade,more than a dozen states have near-total bans on abortion and the issue is looming large in the march to the 2024 vote.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Donald Trump says government has vital role in ‘protecting unborn life’

Donald Trump says government has vital role in ‘protecting unborn life’

“We will defeat the radical Democrat policy of extreme late-term abortion,” the former president,who has been relatively quiet on the subject,told a conference in Washington.

  • byMoira Warburton
Abortion still falls under WA’s criminal code. New laws will change that

Abortion still falls under WA’s criminal code. New laws will change that

Premier Roger Cook said Western Australia’s abortion laws had fallen well behind other jurisdictions.

  • bySarah Brookes
Public hospital abortions and cheaper contraceptives needed,inquiry finds

Public hospital abortions and cheaper contraceptives needed,inquiry finds

A Greens-led parliamentary inquiry made recommendations for cheaper and easier access to birth control. It found that for many women,reproductive healthcare is a postcode lottery.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
My abortion:‘I wanted to have a child,but not like this’

My abortion:‘I wanted to have a child,but not like this’

I told myself:I can’t force a child to be born into a minuscule,poorly heated apartment,with no financial stability and no future prospects.

  • byPauline Harmange
US Supreme Court keeps access to abortion pill for now

US Supreme Court keeps access to abortion pill for now

It is a small,albeit,temporary victory for women’s reproductive rights,which President Joe Biden vowed to defend.

  • byJustin Sink andCourtney Rozen