Activists Say Romania Has Been Quietly Phasing Out Abortion
3 years, 3 months ago

Activists Say Romania Has Been Quietly Phasing Out Abortion

NPR  

Activists Say Romania Has Been Quietly Phasing Out Abortion Enlarge this image toggle caption Ioana Moldovan for NPR Ioana Moldovan for NPR Daniela Draghici knows firsthand what an abortion ban looks like. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ioana Moldovan for NPR Ioana Moldovan for NPR In 1966, Romania's communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, banned abortion and contraception in an attempt to raise the nation's low birthrate. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ioana Moldovan for NPR Ioana Moldovan for NPR "Women continue to get abortions with sharp objects at home in 2021," she says, evoking images of Ceausescu's 24-year abortion ban. Enlarge this image toggle caption Ioana Moldovan for NPR Ioana Moldovan for NPR "Thirty years later, we are faced with pretty much the discourse that we were faced with during Communism: Women should not have abortions and contraception is not secured by the Ministry of Health," says Draghici.

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Abortion returns to spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalised
8 months ago

Abortion returns to spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalised

Hindustan Times  

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government scored a victory Tuesday with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies. The Senate, where the government has a majority, voted 95-68, giving final approval to legislation tied to European Union COVID-19 recovery funds that included an amendment The law, already passed by the lower Chamber …

Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized
8 months ago

Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalized

Associated Press  

ROME — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government scored a victory Tuesday with the Senate approving a law allowing anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies. The Senate, where the government has a majority, voted 95-68, giving final approval to legislation tied to European Union COVID-19 recovery funds that included an amendment The law, already passed by the …

Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalised
8 months ago

Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy, 46 years after it was legalised

New Indian Express  

ROME: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni's far-right-led government wants to allow anti-abortion groups access to women considering ending their pregnancies, reviving tensions around abortion in Italy 46 years after it was legalised in the overwhelmingly Catholic country. On Tuesday, the Senate was voting on legislation tied to European Union COVID-19 recovery funds that includes an amendment The text, already passed by …

Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law
8 months, 1 week ago

Polish opponents of abortion march against recent steps to liberalize strict law

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Thousands of Polish opponents of abortion marched in Warsaw on Sunday to protest recent steps by the new government to liberalize the predominantly Catholic nation’s strict laws and allow termination of pregnancy until the 12th week. They were referring to an ongoing public debate surrounding the steps that the 4-month-old government of Prime Minster Donald Tusk is …

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access
9 months, 2 weeks ago

As France guarantees the right to abortion, other European countries look to expand access

Associated Press  

PARIS — As France becomes the only country to explicitly guarantee the right to abortion in its constitution, other Europeans look at the U.S. rollback of abortion access and wonder: Could that happen here? The 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning long-held abortion rights was the catalyst for the French parliament’s overwhelming vote Monday to add a constitutional amendment proclaiming …

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin stands behind Russian girls at a midnight Mass in the village of Turginovo. “They don’t understand the point.” State clinics in one region referred women to a priest before getting an abortion. To Irina Volynets, an abortion opponent and children’s rights ombudswoman in the Tatarstan region, “it gives hope that this procedure will be taken out …

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

Associated Press  

TALLINN, Estonia — Despite its last-minute scheduling, the meeting at a bookstore in Russia’s westernmost city of Kaliningrad still drew about 60 people, with many outraged by a lawmaker’s efforts to ban abortions in local private clinics. “They don’t understand the point.” State clinics in one region referred women to a priest before getting an abortion. To Irina Volynets, an …

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn
1 year, 1 month ago

Abortion restrictions in Russia spark outrage as the country takes a conservative turn

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Health authorities have introduced an online “motivational questionnaire” outlining …

Maltese lawmakers vote to legalize abortion, but only where the mother is at risk of death
1 year, 5 months ago

Maltese lawmakers vote to legalize abortion, but only where the mother is at risk of death

Associated Press  

VALLETTA, Malta — Maltese lawmakers on Wednesday unanimously approved legislation to ease the strictest abortion laws in the European Union, but pro-choice campaigners had withdrawn their support, saying last-minute changes make the legislation “vague, unworkable and even dangerous.” The original bill allowing women access to abortion if a pregnant woman’s life or health is in danger was hailed as a …

Polish authorities rule rights of pregnant woman who died were violated amid abortion law debate
1 year, 6 months ago

Polish authorities rule rights of pregnant woman who died were violated amid abortion law debate

Associated Press  

WARSAW, Poland — Polish health authorities said Monday that there was a violation of patient rights in the case of a woman who died of sepsis in the fifth month of pregnancy last month, a case that has gained scrutiny after a tightening of Poland’s already restrictive abortion law. Poland’s health minister, Adam Niedzielski, also stressed that every woman whose …

How women are resisting Poland’s abortion ban
2 years, 6 months ago

How women are resisting Poland’s abortion ban

Al Jazeera  

In her apartment in eastern Warsaw, Hania Zagulska, 30, an activist who works as a cleaner, prepares some coffee. “I had lived my whole life in a small town,” Hania recalls of her upbringing in Szamotuły in western Poland. “I was really nervous, but nothing bad happened that day.” But a week later, she had heavy bleeding, which scared her, …

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