The morning after pill, or Plan B pill, which helps to prevent pregnancy if taken shortly after having having sexual intercourse, has been granted new FDA approval to be offered to teenagers as young as 15. Prior to the new FDA ruling, consumers had to prove they were at least 17-years-old or older to buy ... read more »

A 16-year-old girl in Harris County, TX, has filed a lawsuit against her parents, alleging that they are trying to force her to have an abortion she does not want. The teen, who is approximately 8 weeks pregnant, claims that her parents are using verbal and physical threats to try to force her to have ... read more »

A 29-year-old New York mother and her eight-month-old unborn baby died in Maryland on Thursday after the woman underwent a late term abortion. The victim, Jennifer McKenna Morbelli, is believed to have undergone the abortion after she learned her unborn daughter suffered from birth defects, although the exact nature of the defects are not yet ... read more »

Thirteen New York City high schools are now offering morning after pills to their female students as young as 14-years-old. Parents were reportedly notified of the policy at the beginning of the year and given an option to opt out by signing a form. If parents decided not to sign the opt-out or failed to ... read more »

Sarah Louise Catt, 35, of Sherburn in Elmet, North Yorkshire, England has been sentenced to 8-years in prison after she gave herself an abortion one week before her baby was due. The incident happened in 2009. Catt claims that when she figured out she was pregnant, she panicked because the pregnancy was a result of an ... read more »

Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, are investigating a woman they believe is connected to a dead newborn baby that was found in a dumpster on August 1oth. Alexandria Sladon-Marler, 33, went to the Emergency Room at Broward General Medical Center that same day. “They asked her what she thought she was suffering from,” Detective DeAnna Garcia ... read more »

A Chicago woman died Friday night following an abortion procedure at a Chicago Planned Parenthood at 18 S. Michigan Ave.. The Cook County medical examiner’s report cited bleeding and the pregnancy itself as contributing factors in her death. Tonya Reaves, 24, is said to have died from massive hemorrhaging following a cervical dilation and evacuation ... read more »

A desperate mother of 5 is dead after drinking industrial-strength vinegar in an attempted home abortion.  She had learned about the tactic from researching on the Internet. Catherine Furey, 38, from Salford, Greater Manchester, suffered a violent reaction to the liquid commonly used in chip shops and although she was rushed to the hospital, she ... read more »

China is planning to reinvestigate allegations that drug capsules being made in their country contain the remains of aborted humans. According to Deng Haihua, a spokesperson for the ministry of health, an investigation into similar allegations was made in August 2011 and, according to the official Xinhua News Agency, they found no proof that the ... read more »

Tennessee legislators have passed changes to a law that would make the death of an embryo a punishable crime. The bill revises a law passed in 1989 that made the death of a “viable fetus” during the course of an assault or homicide an additional criminal offense. The latest revision adds to changes last year ... read more »

An Ohio lawmaker wants to make men jump through additional hoops to obtain drugs to treat erectile dysfunction. State Sen. Nina Turner (D-Cleveland) has introduced Senate Bill 307, which would require doctors to take certain steps before and after prescribing PDE-5 inhibitors such as Viagra. The mandatory actions would include things such as having the ... read more »

A Spokane, Washington teen claims that she was raped and impregnated by a 21 year old man. While unclear how the 15 year old girl’s parents found out, KREM TV is reporting that they were notified by the teen’s school who are required by law to report cases of suspected rape. Together, the teen and ... read more »

U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia temporarily blocked Kansas from enforcing new regulations Friday that would have forced two of the state’s three abortion providers to stop terminating pregnancies. The injunction will remain in effect until a trial is held in a lawsuit challenging the Kansas rules. A new licensing law, requiring  hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices to obtain ... read more »

 In towns like Mullahera, a village on what was then the outskirts of New Delhi, the prevailing logic for families was to want a boy,  a boy who could inherit farmland, work the fields, and provide a place in his future home for elderly parents. But this January local officials rewarded residents of Mullahera with a check for ... read more »

A man from Marshfield, Wisconsin, has been charged with driving to the state capital of Madison to murder an abortion doctor at Planned Parenthood. Ralph W. Lang, 63, appeared in court on Friday to face a complaint of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, according to the Wisconsin State Journal. The complaint also stated that Lang told ... read more »