3 h. ago Killer rapist is the seventh inmate executed in Florida this year

Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, died by lethal injection at Florida State Prison on Tuesday

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13 h. ago Colorado honeymooner, 29, dies in horrific freak accident while paddling on Florida beach

Jake Rosencranz, 29, was standing in ankle-deep water at New Smyrna, Florida, when he was tragically struck by lightning. He was on his honeymoon with his new bride, Leah.

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19 h. ago Honeymoon horror as Florida man dies in freak lightning strike on beach in front of wife

The 29-year-old victim, who was visiting from Colorado, was on his honeymoon with his wife when he was struck by lightning on Symrna Beach, Florida, last Friday

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37 h. ago Crisis pregnancy center told staff not to give ultrasounds to women with potential ectopic pregnancies

Ectopic pregnancies can lead to internal bleeding or death if left untreated

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38 h. ago Dad's chilling police call after leaving toddler son to die in boiling 43C car

Scott Gardner, 33, has been arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child and child neglect after his 18-month-old son died in a hot car in Ormond Beach, Florida

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42 h. ago Republican lawmaker with ectopic pregnancy nearly died amid new Florida abortion laws – but blames the left

Kat Cammack recounts emergency room ordeal but claims ‘fearmongering’ by Democrats and pro-choice activists sowing confusion among medical professionals

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2 d. ago What radical abortion law changes mean for Greater Manchester

An amendment to decriminalise women ending their own pregnancies was approved by MPs this week - here's what that means for Greater Manchester

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5 d. ago Florida man’s fateful decision to hide under truck from storm has tragic consequences

Daniel Hodge was under the trailer for an hour before the driver returned and moved the vehicle

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5 d. ago Florida dad dies after helping save his daughter from drowning on Father’s Day

Antwon Wilson was with his two children at a Fort Lauderdale beach when he saw them in distress in the waterA Florida dad has lost his life after helping save his daughter from drowning in the ocean on Father’s Day.That was the tragic story coming out of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, when 33-year-old Antwon Wilson died while his daughter and another adult were hospitalized, according to authorities. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti

Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion accessA new law has just come into force in Rio de Janeiro requiring all public hospitals and clinics run by the municipal government to display anti-abortion signs bearing messages such as: “Did you know that the unborn child is discarded as hospital waste?”Reproductive rights activists view the act as the latest example of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict access to abortion in a country that already has some of the world’s most restrictive laws. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Activists and MPs vow to fight decriminalisation of abortion after landmark change passed with just 45 minutes of debate

MPs voted for the biggest change to abortion law for half a century, meaning women will no longer be prosecuted for aborting their baby for any reason and at any stage up to birth.

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6 d. ago What the change in the abortion law actually means for women in Wales

MPs have voted to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales - here's what the huge change in reproductive rights means for women in Wales

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6 d. ago Brain dead woman's 2lb baby faces 'tough start' as doctors prepare to switch off mum's life support

A brain dead woman's life support is due to be turned off today after she was kept alive at a hospital to deliver her premature baby under strict abortion laws in the US

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6 d. ago Voices: No woman should go to jail for ending a pregnancy – but the abortion law reforms don’t go far enough

This vote to decriminalise abortion was historic and long overdue, says barrister Charlotte Proudman – but if we stop here, we leave millions of women at risk

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6 d. ago What are Scotland's abortion laws as MPs vote to decriminalise procedure in England

MPs voted for an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday

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6 d. ago How your MP voted in historic abortion amendment as law change backed

MPs voted by a majority of 379 to 137 to back a call by Labour backbencher Tonia Antoniazzi which ensures women will not be prosecuted for ending their own pregnancies

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7 d. ago UK parliament votes to decriminalise abortion, repeal Victorian

UK parliament votes to decriminalise abortion, repeal Victorian-era law  Reuters

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7 d. ago MPs vote in favour of measures to decriminalise abortion in move to make biggest law change in more than 50 years

Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi's amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill was supported, with MPs voting 379 to 137, majority 242.

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7 d. ago MPs vote to decriminalise abortion – what is the law and how will it change?

MPs argued in the debate that the UK's abortion law had been ‘increasingly used against vulnerable women and girls’

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7 d. ago Horror UK abortion prosecutions from hospital arrest while still bleeding to 'appalling' jail time

A law change aimed at decriminalising abortion in England and Wales was debated in the House of Commons after a string of women have faced prosecution and even jail

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