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Protestors react outside the US Supreme Court to the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito preparing for a majority of the court to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision later this year, in Washington, US, May 2, 2022. REUTERS/Moira Warburton
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Supreme Court's potential move to overturn abortion rights sets Democrats scrambling

A billboard advertising adoption services targets pregnant women at a bus stop in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S., December 7, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
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Oklahoma governor signs near-total abortion ban, threatens prison for providers

An activist in support of abortion rights participates in a performance as part of a protest, while members of Ecuador's National Assembly vote to approve a regulation to allow women and girls access to abortions in cases of rape, in Quito, Ecuador, 17 February, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Karen Toro
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Ecuador legislature approves rules for abortion in cases of rape

Supporters of reproductive choice take part in the nationwide Women's March, held after Texas rolled out a near-total ban on abortion procedures and access to abortion-inducing medications, in New York City, New York, U.S. October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
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US appeals court reinstates Texas abortion law, two days after it was halted

Pro-choice demonstrators hold up signs during a group chant outside of the US Supreme Court as justices hear a major abortion case on the legality of a Republican-backed Louisiana law that imposes restrictions on abortion doctors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
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In political crosshairs, US Supreme Court weighs abortion and guns

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China says will reduce abortions for 'non-medical purposes'

Canada's Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as Conservative Party leader Erin O'Toole speaks during the federal election French-language leaders debate, in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada September 8, 2021. Justin Tang/Pool via REUTERS
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Canada PM Trudeau angrily accuses main rival of favoring abortion curbs, gun owners

US Justice Dept says will protect Texas abortion clinics that come under attack
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US Justice Dept says will protect Texas abortion clinics that come under attack

High Court asks why five 'anti-abortion clauses' in penal code should not be revoked
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High Court asks why five 'anti-abortion clauses' in penal code should not be revoked

In this Wednesday, March 4, 2020 photo, abortion rights demonstrators rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington.AP Photo via UNB.
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Court allows medication abortions in Texas during pandemic

A soldier assigned to the National Guard is silhouetted while keeping watch near a section of the border fence between Mexico and United States, as pictured at Anapra neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico September 3, 2019/ Reuters
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US lawmakers renew fights over Trump's border wall, abortion

Evelyn Hernandez, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a suspected abortion, talks to the media after being absolved at a hearing in Ciudad Delgado, El Salvador August 19, 2019/Reuters
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El Salvador acquits woman accused of killing her stillborn child

Current abortion laws in New Zealand sit within the Crimes Act 1961 and the Contraception, Sterilization and Abortion Act 1977 /Reuters
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New Zealand to decriminalize abortion laws, critics say bill falls short