Abortion – now more uk women face prosecution

A change in law will protect women from prosecution for terminating pregnancies. But does it go far enough?

The conviction of nurse Lucy Letby has become a cause célèbre , but the claims of many who protest her innocence do not stand up to scrutiny

Controversy of the week The assisted dying bill ...

As a sentencing review proposes ways to tackle the prison population, Closer looks at what it might mean for women who have often been coerced into crime

Nobody wants a brothel on their doorstep, but recognising prostitution as work could protect women, says Michelle Hather

Kenneth Law was a seemingly ordinary man, living in Canada and working as a chef. He was a university graduate and, according to his CV, he’d previously worked in aerospace. But Law is accused of harb