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UN announces plan to tackle phenomenon as survey finds people worry particularly about impact on elections.
By Jon Henley Europe correspondent
We all want to live in a society where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. The European Convention on Human Rights helps us towards this dream. Here’s how.
This report provides statistics on abortions recorded in England and Wales from January to June 2022. The data in this report should be treated as provisional and revised finalised figures will be published in the annual abortion publication.
A majority across 29 countries believe abortion should be legal in at least most cases.
More than one in two (56%) across 29 countries believe abortion should be legal, including more than one in four (27%) who feel it should be legal in all cases.
Support for abortion is highest in Europe, with Sweden and France having the highest level of sentiment in believing abortion should be legal (87% and 82% respectively).
We all know that plastic lasts for a long time. A lightweight, cheap, easily manufacturable material, plastic is a super material when it comes to making things. While the longevity of plastic can be seen as a benefit when making products, what happens to that plastic when we no longer need it?
Sentencing of stepfather of Jacob Crouch for boy’s murder is latest case from first year of Covid-19.
By Jessica Murray, Midlands correspondent
The supreme court’s decision has created a two-tiered class of US citizenship: one for men and one for women. It is a generational tragedy.
By Moira Donegan
The imprisonment of a woman in the UK for taking abortion pills at 32-34 weeks of pregnancy has shocked many. Most people are still unaware that abortion at any stage of pregnancy is illegal in England and Wales, unless authorised by two doctors.
Labour MP criticises ‘chilling’ effect of legislation amid anger at sentence for termination outside time limit.
By Ben Quinn
Lola Tulloch and Tulla Robinson explore their feelings about toxic friendships and what it means to have close friends.
By Lola Tulloch and Tulla Robinson
Adoption might be the choice for you if you don’t want to bring up the baby yourself, and you don’t want an abortion.
Sir Brian Souter’s comments about disability abortion are tragic but true.
By Lynn Murray
By Mila Stricevic
By Samantha Putterman
Currently at 15%, the gender gap still needs to be bridged, women’s conference is told.
Hundreds of children are recruited each year by brutal county lines gangs around Britain. Thanks to Action for Children, Jay found a way out.
By Joe Shute, senior feature writer
Abortion is when a pregnancy is ended so that it doesn’t result in the birth of a child. Sometimes it is called ‘termination of pregnancy’.
Despite significant progress in recent years, too many people all over the world still face obstacles in accessing abortion care.
Study shows social media a ‘significant risk’ to young people’s view of themselves and can provoke mental health distress.
By Amelia Hill
A woman with Down’s syndrome is to take her fight to halt abortions up to birth for babies with her genetic condition after the Court of Appeal rejected her case.
