Whereas in the first decades of the 21st century, many countries started legalising abortion and progress of women’s rights seemed to go on in Europe, nowadays a backlash against the right to abortion is clearly visible. Since the Abortion Right1 platform was set up in 2011, we have been sounding the alarm on the attacks…
Mateusz Morawiecki, Poland’s ex-Prime Minister, favors a more liberal abortion law, marking a significant stance change within PiS. Read more: https://bnnbreaking.com/politics/shift-in-polands-abortion-law-ex-pm-morawiecki-backs-repeal-of-near-total-ban
Women wishing to terminate a pregnancy are facing many hurdles and social disapproval, raising the wrath of feminists. Read more (subscribers only): https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/02/14/the-increasing-difficulties-of-getting-an-abortion-in-italy_6522839_4.html
To mark International Safe Abortion Day on 28th September, the Centre d’Action Laïque, together with organisations member of the Abortion Right platform and many Belgian and International associations, are mobilising to reiterate the urgent need to guarantee effective and safe access to abortion for all women throughout the world. In 2023, access to abortion is under…
The Guardian – Some reproductive healthcare, including abortion and contraception such as the morning-after pill following a sexual assault, is unavailable to patients at a number of publicly funded Catholic hospitals across Australia. Science reporter Donna Lu talks to Jane Lee about the devastating impact this can have on patients – when religious views override the right to medical…
343 European women stand for a Europe of women’s rights and self-determination paying tribute to the 343 women who published a manifesto in Le Nouvel Observateur in 1971 calling for women’s sexual and reproductive rights by demanding legal abortions. I sign : http://343manifesto.eu/
The ‘senadores percha’ who voted against legalisation have won a hollow victory but cannot stand in the way of progress.Although the senators who voted for abortion to remain clandestine, and the women who practise it to continue to be sentenced to up to four years in prison, it is not a time to be sad in…
Ireland will vote in a referendum on 25 May on liberalising its strict abortion laws, the government has confirmed, in an announcement that officially begins two months of campaigning. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/28/ireland-sets-abortion-referendum-date
A 34-year-old woman in El Salvador has been freed after spending 15 years in jail for having an abortion. Maira Verónica Figueroa Marroquín was released after her 30-year sentence for aggravated murder was reduced. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-43395436
As the platform ‘Abortionright !’ in Belgium we would like to give you a message of support after the election of Donald Trump as president. We are a vigilance and action platform in order to safeguard the right of access to abortion and the freedom of choice in Belgium, Europe and the world. No woman…
