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Dr. Leah Roberts, a reproductive endocrinologist-fertility specialist, looks through a microscope while discussing Florida’s six-week abortion ban, which took effect May 1, 2024, in her office and laboratory in Boca Raton, Fla., April 29

UNITED STATES: A ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, before many women even know they are pregnant, took effect in Florida today.

The law allows terminations to save a woman’s life, as well as in cases involving rape and incest, but reproductive endocrinologist and fertility specialist Dr Leah Roberts warned that health workers would still be prevented from performing an abortion on a non-viable pregnancy that they know may become deadly until it actually does.

HAITI: The newly installed transitional council has chosen a little-known former sports minister as the new prime minister on Tuesday as it tries to establish a stable government amid stifling violence.

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