Abortion

Israel abortion application rates decline, with nearly all requests gaining approval, CBS reports

The rate of abortion applications decreased in 2024, and 99.8% of applications were approved in line with Israeli eligibility restrictions, reflecting high fertility rates among Israeli women.

 Picture of pills and medical file with the word abortion on it.
Boxes of mifepristone, the first pill given in a medical abortion, are prepared for patients at Women's Reproductive Clinic of New Mexico in Santa Teresa, US.

FDA launches safety study of abortion pill Mifepristone with White House approval

 UNITED NATIONS headquarters in New York City.

The UN can't afford another appeaser: Why Michelle Bachelet must not lead - opinion

Prof. John Loike (R), Prof Alan Kadish (M), and Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (L)

New study examines debate over brain-dead pregnant women kept on ventilator


Pope Leo decries use of military force in fiery 'state of the world' speech

Leo, the first US pope, said the weakness of international organizations in the face of global conflicts was "a particular cause for concern."

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Christmas Holy Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 25, 2025.

DOJ cites law designed to protect abortion clinics in suit against pro-Palestinian protesters

The lawsuit alleges that two pro-Palestinian groups and some demonstrators engaged in “threats of force, intimidation, and violent conduct” against the congregants of a New Jersey synagogue.

A confrontation between pro-Palestinian protestors and Jewish congregants at Congregation Ohr Torah on Nov. 13, 2024

Genetic model from Rabin Medical Center cuts pregnancy terminations

Rather than using a rigid, one-size-fits-all global cutoff, the new model allows for a personalized “true risk threshold.”

PROF. IDIT MAYA in her laboratory at the Rabin Medical Center.

US judge blocks Trump-backed Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood

A US District Judge in Boston granted a preliminary injunction, ruling the law likely violated the US Constitution by targeting Planned Parenthood for providing abortions.

Pro-planned parenthood and pro-abortion activists demonstrate outside court in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 26, 2025.

Brain-dead woman forced to continue life support, pregnancy over Georgia’s abortion laws

The pregnancy has now reached its fifth month, and the case has been of significant interest following the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturn of Roe v. Wade.

 Abortion rights protesters demonstrate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 27, 2022.

4B movement: Women swear off men following Trump's election win

The movement stems from outrage from women that a majority of men in the US voted for a candidate liable for sexual abuse.

Women protesting for abortion rights, forty-five years after Roe v. Wade.

Election day in America: What are voters focused on?

While the sample was too small to base any hard conclusions, it provides a snapshot of how Americans may have been thinking in the final days of the campaign.

 Voting for Kamala Harris in US presidental election 2024

‘I’m an American, but I’m also Jewish’: How Orthodox women in college are voting for president

Many Jewish women in the United States, including some who are Modern Orthodox, have taken up reproductive rights as a key issue, with some suing their home states on religious grounds.

 Students pray after listening to Sapir Cohen, a freed Israeli hostage, speak during an Evening of Unity event at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women on August 27, 2024 in New York City.

Melania Trump suggests support for abortion rights in break from Donald Trump

Melania Trump asserted there's "no room for compromise" on women's rights to "individual freedom," conflicting with her husband’s abortion stance.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump is joined on stage by wife Melania and other relatives after he finished giving his acceptance speech on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 18, 2024.

Kentucky judge dismisses Jewish mothers’ lawsuit challenging state abortion ban

Plaintiffs Lisa Sobel, Jessica Kalb and Sarah Baron argued in their lawsuit, filed in 2022, that Kentucky’s abortion law created obstacles to in-vitro fertilization.

 Jewish Democratic Council of America activists join the Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice outside the U.S. Capitol