abortion
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Reporting on abortion and women’s health could be found largely in the Style section.
From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026
In addition to covering the news of the day, her reporting often focuses on public health, abortion in the U.S. and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
And in June last year MPs voted to decriminalise abortion, with a majority of 242.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
But speaking to the BBC, Vaughan-Spruce was reticent to say that Britain's abortion debate is being influenced by America.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
We thought about an abortion, but it was illegal, and the only woman we had heard of who did abortions was supposedly connected with the police department.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.