Abortion
UER Records 37 Maternal Deaths In 2016
37 maternal deaths were recorded in the Upper East Region in 2016, according to the regional health directorate. The...
Indian Court Rejects Plea To Abort Foetus With Down’s Syndrome
India's top court Tuesday denied a plea by a pregnant woman to terminate her 26-week old foetus diagnosed with Down's...
Angola Decriminalises Abortion In Some Cases
Angola's parliament has approved changes to a colonial-era law and decriminalised abortion in some cases, including for...
Woman In US Abortion Legal Test Case Dies
Norma McCorvey, whose test case made abortions legal in the United States, has died aged 69. She was represented under...
Plaintiff In Landmark US Abortion Case Roe V. Wade Dies
Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the case that led to the Supreme Court's controversial Roe v. Wade ruling that...
Women May Need Partners’ Permission
A proposal which would force women to get permission from their sexual partner to allow them to have an abortion has...
US Anti-Abortion Rallies Met By Counter-Protests
Anti-abortion activists staged dozens of rallies across the US on Saturday against Planned Parenthood, while vocal...
Eight Countries Sign Up To Counter Trump’s Global Anti-Abortion Move
Eight countries have joined an initiative to raise millions of dollars to replace shortfalls caused by President Donald...
Pope Urges Prayers For Unborn Children Under Threat
Pope Francis on Sunday urged the faithful to pray for unborn children threatened by “the termination of pregnancy”...
Teenage Pregnancy, Unsafe Abortions Rising In Jirapa District
Teenage pregnancy and unsafe abortions have become a worrying phenomenon in the Jirapa District of the Upper West...
US Anti-Abortion Activists Hold Big Rally
Anti-abortion activists are gathering in Washington to join the annual March for Life protest that has the support of...
Trump Makes Early Move On Restricting Abortions Around the World
U. S. President Donald Trump on Monday reinstated a global gag rule that bans U.S.-funded groups around the world from...
Police Hunts For Fake Abortion Doctor
The quack doctor at the center of Starr News’ investigative report on illegal abortions in Suhum in the Eastern...
Fake Abortion Clinic Uncovered In E/R; Several Women In Danger
Investigations by Ultimate News has uncovered an unapproved facility in the Eastern region being used as an abortion...
Scorbonana Calls Ohemaa Jacky A Liar
Gospel musician Ohemaa Jacky has caused the wrath of Ghanaian born UK-based radio presenter, Kingsley Owusu Brobbey aka...
App To Enhance Adolescent Reproductive Healthcare Launched
Three organizations; WEB Foundation, Leti Arts and the Youth Advocates Ghana, are collaborating to address the...
Ohio Governor Rejects ‘heartbeat’ Abortion Bill
hio Governor John Kasich has vetoed the so-called "heartbeat" abortion bill that would have banned most abortions as...
Kenya’s Dangerously Cheap Illegal Abortions
'Mary' felt she had no choice but to risk a back-alley abortion in Nairobi In the wood-panelled interior of Nairobi's...
Pastors Wives Do Abort Their Unwanted Pregnancies
The Youth Desk Officer of Ipas-Ghana Cynthia Tawiah has revealed that, a number of pastors wives in Ghana sometimes...