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“I knew that in sharing my story, I would be judged for the decision I made. But I wanted to let other women facing the same difficult decision know that they weren’t alone.” In recent years, with abortion rights under attack in the United States and increasingly since the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade, stars including Kerry Washington, Chelsea Handler, Chrissy Teigen and Sally Field, have been candid about their personal experience with the medical procedure. Many have said they’ve wanted to open up about the fact in an effort to educate and create awareness for people around the...

A Catholic history teacher was summarily dismissed from her position after honestly answering students’ questions about her opposition to abortion during a lesson on the rise of Adolf Hitler. Sarah Morse, 66, an American-born teacher at Arbroath High School in Angus, Scotland, was fired on November 19, 2025, after pupils asked about life in the United States, including her views on abortion. Morse, a faithful Catholic, responded according to her religious beliefs. “I am a faithful Roman Catholic and I am against it,” she told the class. When questioned about abortion in cases of rape, she explained her belief that...

One in four Israelis now engages in harmful substance use as the psychological fallout from Israel’s genocide in Gaza and its expanding wars across the Middle East reshapes daily life, according to research cited by Haaretz. The Israeli Centre for Addiction and Mental Health said substance misuse had risen sharply since October 2023, when Israel launched its war on Gaza following the Hamas-led attacks. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the rate stood at one in 10 Israelis. It climbed to one in seven during the pandemic before reaching about 25 percent after October 2023. The centre found that sedative use had...