abortions
10-Year-Old Girl Raped by Stepfather Is Refused an Abortion in Paraguay
Health officials in Paraguay say a late-term abortion could put the girl's life at risk, but international health advocacy groups say going through with the pregnancy will also endanger the girl's life.
It Looks Like PEI’s Backwards Anti-Abortion Policy Is Here to Stay
In the throes of an election, male politicians reaffirm abortions won't be performed in Canada's smallest province.
VICE News Capsule: Friday, January 23
Violence and looting in South African city Soweto, Chile reopens investigation into the death of Nobel laureate, El Salvador grants amnesty to woman accused of having an abortion, and ongoing fighting in Libya is causing power cuts.
Are Draconian Abortion Laws Responsible for Falling Abortion Rates?
It's unlikely that the recent spate of harsh abortion restrictions had a significant effect on the national abortion rate, but that doesn't mean those laws don't suck.
Asylum Seekers Are Having Abortions to Avoid Raising Children in Australian Detention Centers
Conditions are so bad in Australia’s detention centers that some pregnant women say they have no choice but to abort their babies.
Supreme Court Rules Pro-Life Zealots Can Still Make You Feel Terrible About Abortion
The Supreme Court has unanimously struck down a Massachusetts law that barred pro-life protesters from going within 35 feet of an abortion clinic. The ruling confirms what we've always known about America's longest-running culture war: You may have a...
Giving Birth Is Super Painful, so Be Nice to Your Mom This Mother's Day
Childbirth is beautiful and amazing. It’s also messy, gooey, farty, bloody, and literally shitty. By the way, have you called your mother yet today?
The Week In GIFs
Yo yo yee-yah! It's Saturday, which means it's time for the Week In GIFs. Catch up on what you didn't hear about this week because you were out getting drunk and being a degenerate!
The Drop in Teen Pregnancy is a Mystery
Teen pregnancy rates have hit a record low in the US, according to new research. Access to birth control and better sex education have clearly contributed to the trend—but that's not the whole story.
Everything You Didn't Know You Wanted to Know About Abortion
You already know how babies are made, but at Vienna's Museum for Contraception and Abortion you can learn how people over the centuries have stopped them from being made.
Why Telemedical Abortions Are the Future
The field of telemedicine—the act of “visiting” a doctor remotely using internet video conferencing—is an exciting development that could change the lives of individuals living in remote areas or without access to reliable transportation.
Religious Medical Folks
You'd think that "pro-life" would actually mean just that, but sometimes cell clusters win out over the actual living, breathing human that created them. Makes sense, seeing as they have yet to develop the brain function to question the legitimacy or...