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Thousands protest in Poland over stalled abortion law reforms

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EU says social fund can be used for cross-border abortion access

The decision comes in reaction to a campaign launched by the citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice", which raised 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 EU member states asking for improved access to safe abortions in Europe.

Europe News

Left-wing MEPs push Commission to finance abortions in the EU

Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested.

Europe News

European Parliament asks for EU funds to finance abortions abroad

Lawmakers have approved a resolution calling for an EU solidarity mechanism to help women without access to safe and legal abortion in their countries.

Europe in Motion

What is the state of abortion rights across the EU?

Despite 15 countries having taken steps towards more comprehensively allowing abortion since 2021, only five EU countries have gone ahead with full decriminalisation.

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Europe News

European Commission to consider fund for EU-wide access to abortion

The European Commission will study a proposal to create a fund to help women access safe abortions when they cannot do so in their own countries due to restrictive laws, following a citizens’ campaign that gathered one million signatures across the EU.

Europe News

Petition to make abortion access easier given to European Commission

With over 1 million signatures, the European citizens' initiative "My Voice, My Choice" submitted its request to the European Commission on Monday to set up a funding mechanism to make abortion more accessible.

Europe in Motion

Which EU countries are leading on access to contraceptives?

From supplies to counselling: Where in the EU is it easiest to access contraceptives?

EuroVerify

Fact-checking claims WHO has just listed the pill as a carcinogen

TikTok is being flooded with claims that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed the pill as a 'class one carcinogen'. Euroverify fact-checks.

Healthcare

Inside the fight over clinics that help US women defy abortion bans

After some US states tightened their abortion laws, women turned to telehealth clinics in more liberal states to access abortion medications.

EU Decoded

EU DECODED: Should access to abortion be harmonised within EU?

For more than 60 years, Europe has led a global trend towards legal access to abortion. Fears of a reversal of this trend have led to the campaign “My Choice, My Voice”, a citizens’ initiative calling for action from the European Commission.

Healthcare

Abortion rights petition hits 1m signatures, triggering EU action

The Citizens' Initiative “My voice, my choice,” calling for safe access to abortion in the European Union, has reached the necessary one million signatures for the EU Commission to issue a response.

Culture news

Swiss esports event cancelled after anti-abortion comment

An event billed as Switzerland's biggest esports competition has been cancelled after the host team's founder posted an anti-abortion comment on social media, triggering outrage that led three rival squads to pull out.

Health news

How abortion rights could play a pivotal role in US elections

Ten US states will vote for laws regulating abortion rights as the issue looms large over the presidential race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

USA

Beyoncé lights up Democrat campaign after joining Harris at rally

The superstar warned the Democratic nominee’s biggest crowd ever that Donald Trump was dead set on further eroding women’s rights.

Culture news

Sally Field reveals ‘horrific’ reason she’s backing Kamala Harris

Actress Sally Field has shared her traumatic experience of getting an illegal abortion in Mexico as a teenager, and calls for voters in the upcoming election to support Kamala Harris, so that reproductive freedoms are protected.

Europe News

Pope's calls doctors who perform abortions 'hitmen,' sparking furore

It was the second time in as many weeks that Francis has been asked about his views on abortion, which remains a hotly-contested issue for the Catholic Church