May 5 is International Day of the Midwife, but Ricardo Jones, a doctor and midwife, is spending it under house arrest in Brazil after recently being sentenced to 14 years prison for assisting with a home birth in which the baby later died, reports Tamara Pearson.
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Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of 鈥淭he Right to Decide鈥, reports Ben Radford.