abortion access

Abortion Advocates Mobilize in Argentina

Public demand for access to safe and legal abortions in Argentina reenergized after reports surfaced...

The Arc of Moral Progress May Be Long, But Argentina’s Women Will Prevail

This past summer, campaigners across Argentina mobilized in record numbers to push for safe and lega...

Conscientious-Objection Opposition to Ireland Abortion Legislation

On September 18, President­ Michael D. Higgins signed the Thirty-Sixth Amendment of the Constitutio...

A sign outside a clinic in Morena in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. © MUSTAFA QURAISHI / ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

We need more girls to be born, they say. We need to stop the gendercide that is taking place across...

Ireland Votes to Liberalize Abortion Law

On May 25, Ireland voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland, with 66.4 p...

Photo courtesy of the Coalition to Repeal the Eighth Amendment

The Democratic Case for Abortion in Ireland

Who is more trustworthy: the populace or the people they elect? The role of poli­ticians in a repre...