The Observer view on the global threat to access to abortion |Observer editorial

Women’s reproductive rights are under widespread threat, not least in America. This is no time for complacencyDuring his eight years in the White House, one of the themes President Obama frequently reflected on in speeches was the non-linear nature of social progress. “Progress doesn’t travel in a straight line,” he told Rutgers students in his commencement address in 2016. “It remains uneven and at times for every two steps forward, it feels like we take one step b