State-run clinics are exempt from the ban on U.S. funding going to groups that provide abortion services. But many government clinics rely on essential support from NGOs, who can no longer afford to offer it, says Skye Wheeler of Human Rights Watch.  Read more

The use of contraceptives is gaining momentum worldwide and preventing millions of unsafe abortions and maternal deaths each year in the world’s poorest countries, experts said on Tuesday. Nearly 40 million more women and girls use modern contraceptives now compared to five years ago across 69 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, according to a report by advocacy group Family Planning 2020 (FP2020). Read more

Kentucky’s 20-week abortion ban has proven to be less than ideal for women with complex pregnancies. Legislators and anti-abortion advocates made the claim that the fetus can start feeling pain at 20-weeks, but medical studies have disproved the claim. Read more

The Polish government’s ruling party, which is also supported by the church, has pushed many women to obtain abortions through the black market. Read more

The Guttmacher Institute highlights how confidentiality concerns may deter U.S. adolescents and young adults from obtaining contraceptive care. Read More

Usually doulas are trained to support pregnant women through their deliveries by helping comfort them, but a group in D.C. decided to offer doulas to women having abortions. The intent of this group was to give women equal support even if they did not want to become mothers. Read more

In Venezuela there is a dire contraceptive shortage. Women have had to use contraceptives as an informal exchange, beg friends to bring some back from other countries, and buy them at a black-market price. Some pharmacies haven’t received birth control pills in over a year. Read more

Colorado’s anti-abortion group Colorado Campaign for Life, is arguing that potential fathers should have a say in whether or not a woman obtains an abortion. The group started a social media campaign with a meme that says “Her ‘Choice’ Is Actually My Child.”  Read more

This Guttmacher Institute report looks into the lack of obstetrician-gynecologists in private practice that provide abortions and referrals. Read more

After 230,000 South Koreans signed a petition to abolish the abortion ban in the country, the South Korean president announced that the government will review the 64-year-old abortion law. Read more