UK abortion law change bid fails
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An MP's call for compulsory counselling and a "cooling off" period before abortions is defeated.
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Lawmakers who watched as a near-total ban on abortions failed in South Dakota voting booths last year have revived the legislation with changes that may make the difference in public acceptance. But the bill's success is far from assured.
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A high-stakes effort to revive a Catholic-Protestant government for Northern Ireland has ended in failure, British Prime Minister Tony Blair conceded Saturday.
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Call for immediate vote on referendum stymied, as Miliband says text is different to rejected treaty
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The government has been accused of failing to meet a promise to scrap mixed-sex wards in NHS hospitals.
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A court in Malaysia rejects an attempt by a Hindu woman to stop her husband divorcing her in an Islamic court.
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D. A US District Court Judge in New York State declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional because it does not contain an exception to protect a woman&#39;s health.
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Â· Catholic leader demands NHS block on terminationsÂ· Communion challenge to pro-choice politicians
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A woman convicted for sending pictures of aborted foetuses to chemists loses her human rights appeal.
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialist government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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A federal appeals court Monday rejected Michigan's attempt to ban a procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion, ruling the law unconstitutional because it could also prohibit other abortion procedures.
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Ireland's High Court rejects a lesbian couple's bid to have their overseas marriage legally recognised.
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British public in danger of losing its 'moral focus' on abortion, says Archbishop of Canterbury.
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A referendum to liberalize the abortion law was approved, but turnout was too low for the result to be deemed valid.
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The British Medical Association today called for abortions to be approved by one doctor, rather than the current two.
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BUDAPEST, May 17 (IPS) - With the strictest abortion laws in Europe, one  would expect any debates to revolve around  its liberalisation.  Yet in 21st century Poland, the abortion issue has been  unsuccessfully  raised by politicians seeking to strengthen  anti-abortion legislation even further.
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South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved legal changes to make abortions easier to obtain, despite criticism from opponents who said the law was already too lax.