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IVF, elective abortions, voluntary assisted dying and gender reassignment surgeries are set to cease if the sale of two Newcastle hospitals is approved.

Voters in dozens of states considered 146 statewide ballot measures this midterm cycle, on topics spanning LGBTQ rights, wealth taxes, abortion, redistricting, guns and more.

Nearly 150 ballot measures were at stake in more than three dozen states Tuesday.

The abortion ban went into effect in 2022 after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Missouri voters defeated a measure that would have banned abortion just two years after voters legalized abortion in another vote. Voters in Missouri legalized abortion two years ago but this time the abortion ban was coupled with a ban on transgender treatment for minors. Opponents said it was misleading.

2026 ELECTION COVERAGE: Watch Live | Poll Closing Times | All Live Results | Live Updates | Live Fact Check Voters have approved a ballot measure that creates a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom" in the Virginia Constitution. The amendment passed Tuesday ensures abortions can occur during the first two trimesters of pregnancy. It allows government r

Some measures put President Donald Trump's priorities to a public test by gauging support for his attempts to reshape congressional districts, limit transgender athletes in sports and strengthen voter identification requirements.

A former West Point cadet who has admitted to drugging his pregnant girlfriend and forcing an abortion on her in 2022 was sued by his former partner last week for assault and battery.

NEW YORK (AP) — A onetime West Point cadet drugged his then-girlfriend in her barracks room, administered abortion pills to her against her will and caused a miscarriage. Then he went on to study at two Ivy League universities, starting at one of them after he pleaded guilty to assault, according to court records and a new lawsuit.

A survey conducted by the Health and Family Welfare Department in collaboration with Ipas Development Foundation among district hospitals in the State has recognised the Lady Goschen to this distinction, said a release

Missouri voters could ban abortion - after they just removed a ban two years ago. California voters could tax billionaires 5% of their wealth.

Campaigners say growing anti-abortion activism, legal challenges and new forms of scrutiny are making reproductive healthcare harder to access

Just two years after Missouri voters approved an amendment enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution, abortion is on the ballot again.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (Yonhap) -- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged South Korea t...

<p>Alois uses the first veto of his reign to quash parliament-approved bill backed by a national petition</p><p>The hereditary prince of Liechtenstein has used his veto for the first time in his reign to quash a bill aimed at bringing abortion laws in line with much of Europe.</p><p>The legislation was approved by Liechtenstein’s parliament <a href="https://

Demonstrators gathered on the sixth anniversary of a near-total abortion ban imposed by Poland's highest court.

Thousands rallied across Poland to demand abortion rights six years after a landmark court ruling tightened restrictions. The country has one of the strictest abortion rules in all of Europe.

A non-profit group has protested in Abeokuta, urging Governor Dapo Abiodun to reject the Ogun State Safe Termination of Pregnancy Law passed by the assembl Read More: https://punchng.com/group-protests-ogun-abortion-bill-urges-abiodun-to-reject-it/

This November, voters in Virginia, Nevada, Missouri and Idaho will decide on the future of reproductive rights. In deeply red Idaho, a citizen-led initiative faces an uphill battle to restore some abortion rights. Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports on whether the fallout from the overturning of Roe v. Wade and frustration over the current law will be

<p>Measures would remove some penalties for those helping women access abortion but are ‘small-scale step’, say campaigners</p><p>Poland’s lower house of parliament has approved two bills aimed at loosening a near-total ban on abortions, in what campaigners have described as a “small-scale step” ahead of protests calling on the government to fulfil its promi

The bill was backed by a quarter of registered voters in the Alpine principality, where performing abortions is illegal with limited exceptions.

President Karol Nawrocki is aligned with the party that triggered mass protests with its abortion clampdown five years ago, and could veto the government's bills.