Latest items for ABO-PRACTICE-1
July 2, 2025, 10:33 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"So, in 2023, my team and I interviewed and surveyed staff at health institutions and health care facilities, as well as 163 people who have had abortions. This research reveals a number of problems with access. For example: Abortion for non-medical reasons is not covered by health insurance and prices vary wildly in different areas; Misoprostol is not registered, so medication abortion is rare; Some clinics have a lack of resources/staff and very few people are offered counselling support (only 3% of those surveyed); Doctors can (and do) refuse to provide abortions, and the rules on ‘conscientious objection’ are not consistent across the different areas of the country. Doctors are...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"So, in 2023, my team and I interviewed and surveyed staff at health institutions and health care facilities, as well as 163 people who have had abortions. This research reveals a number of problems with access. For example: Abortion for non-medical reasons is not covered by health insurance and prices vary wildly in different areas; Misoprostol is not registered, so medication abortion is rare; Some clinics have a lack of resources/staff and very few people are offered counselling support (only 3% of those surveyed); Doctors can (and do) refuse to provide abortions, and the rules on ‘conscientious objection’ are not consistent across the different areas of the country. Doctors are...more
June 29, 2025, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"However, it is important to note that the ruling of the law on its own is not enough for women to access the medical abortion services. There is a lot to do including developing policies for the implementation of the law, working with health professionals to reduce the number of those who are likely to refuse to offer such services using conscientious objection" (Para 25).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"However, it is important to note that the ruling of the law on its own is not enough for women to access the medical abortion services. There is a lot to do including developing policies for the implementation of the law, working with health professionals to reduce the number of those who are likely to refuse to offer such services using conscientious objection" (Para 25).
June 29, 2025, 1:58 p.m.
Countries: Benin
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Still, in Benin, many women now feel more at liberty to inquire about the procedure, health workers said, although the authorities have yet to provide official statistics on abortion rates. 'Women bluntly tell us, ‘I want to abort,’' said Serge Kitihoun, the director of medical services at the Beninese branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'That would have been unthinkable years ago'" (Para 15-16). "In interviews with four women who recently had abortions, only one said she had felt comfortable telling a friend or a relative about it. 'Aborting is like being different. It’s like you’re not a saint anymore,' said Précieuse, 24, a student who received an abortion...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Still, in Benin, many women now feel more at liberty to inquire about the procedure, health workers said, although the authorities have yet to provide official statistics on abortion rates. 'Women bluntly tell us, ‘I want to abort,’' said Serge Kitihoun, the director of medical services at the Beninese branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. 'That would have been unthinkable years ago'" (Para 15-16). "In interviews with four women who recently had abortions, only one said she had felt comfortable telling a friend or a relative about it. 'Aborting is like being different. It’s like you’re not a saint anymore,' said Précieuse, 24, a student who received an abortion...more
June 23, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Rodabeh’s horror story is all too common. The New Arab found many women with similarly torturous experiences with dangerous, criminal abortions" (Para 8). "For a sizable fee, aka a bribe, health centres and midwives will attempt to perform an abortion, either surgically or medically via pill" (Para 10). "Black-market demand for Misoprostol tablets has increased exponentially in the past year, according to a Kabul-based nurse The New Arab spoke to on condition of anonymity. For women without a prescription, which is nearly all of them, the price of pills has skyrocketed to 100 times the 2021 price. Only the wealthy can afford a medical abortion. Meanwhile,...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Rodabeh’s horror story is all too common. The New Arab found many women with similarly torturous experiences with dangerous, criminal abortions" (Para 8). "For a sizable fee, aka a bribe, health centres and midwives will attempt to perform an abortion, either surgically or medically via pill" (Para 10). "Black-market demand for Misoprostol tablets has increased exponentially in the past year, according to a Kabul-based nurse The New Arab spoke to on condition of anonymity. For women without a prescription, which is nearly all of them, the price of pills has skyrocketed to 100 times the 2021 price. Only the wealthy can afford a medical abortion. Meanwhile,...more
April 30, 2025, 11:30 a.m.
Countries: Iran
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Iran's Health Ministry has suspended the issuance of licenses for the production and import of first trimester prenatal screening kits, in what critics in the medical community called a thinly veiled attempt to help boost flagging population growth and a risk to expecting mothers. Hadi Yazdani, a doctor and member of the Nation's Union Party, called out the government on social media, saying the step appears to be yet another move to restrict women's rights and their access to abortions" (par. 1-2). "'First, they said screenings should not be done for everyone and would be possible only with the request of the family and the opinion of a specialist doctor....more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Iran's Health Ministry has suspended the issuance of licenses for the production and import of first trimester prenatal screening kits, in what critics in the medical community called a thinly veiled attempt to help boost flagging population growth and a risk to expecting mothers. Hadi Yazdani, a doctor and member of the Nation's Union Party, called out the government on social media, saying the step appears to be yet another move to restrict women's rights and their access to abortions" (par. 1-2). "'First, they said screenings should not be done for everyone and would be possible only with the request of the family and the opinion of a specialist doctor....more
April 30, 2025, 11:20 a.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Edith is lying on a bed covered in old newspaper in a backstreet clinic in Nairobi. Her legs are held high by stirrups while a man in a white medical coat explains he is about to put some medicine inside her uterus. A red bucket of bleach containing medical instruments sits on the floor. The mum-of-three, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is four months pregnant and is about to have an abortion. 'I had to terminate because I had to go back to work, and I have another small baby,' she later tells BBC Africa Eye. . .A lawyer told the BBC that having a child...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Edith is lying on a bed covered in old newspaper in a backstreet clinic in Nairobi. Her legs are held high by stirrups while a man in a white medical coat explains he is about to put some medicine inside her uterus. A red bucket of bleach containing medical instruments sits on the floor. The mum-of-three, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is four months pregnant and is about to have an abortion. 'I had to terminate because I had to go back to work, and I have another small baby,' she later tells BBC Africa Eye. . .A lawyer told the BBC that having a child...more
April 29, 2025, 4:20 p.m.
Countries: Rwanda
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Florentine] subsequently ended the pregnancy — and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating Rwanda's anti-abortion laws" (par. 9). "Even without a conviction for abortion, life is difficult for many unmarried girls and young women who become pregnant, says Florentine's interpreter, Uwayezu Brenda Kalungi. She's a human rights and litigation officer with HDI Rwanda, a nonprofit in Kigali focused on health access. Kalungi says many unmarried women with children face stigma and shame from their communities — including those whose pregnancies have resulted from rape" (par. 15). "Some women resort to inducing their own abortions without proper medical support, using concoctions of herbs or pills they're advised...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Florentine] subsequently ended the pregnancy — and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating Rwanda's anti-abortion laws" (par. 9). "Even without a conviction for abortion, life is difficult for many unmarried girls and young women who become pregnant, says Florentine's interpreter, Uwayezu Brenda Kalungi. She's a human rights and litigation officer with HDI Rwanda, a nonprofit in Kigali focused on health access. Kalungi says many unmarried women with children face stigma and shame from their communities — including those whose pregnancies have resulted from rape" (par. 15). "Some women resort to inducing their own abortions without proper medical support, using concoctions of herbs or pills they're advised...more
April 11, 2025, 3:49 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[U]nwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed" (12). "Women are often denied access to service which led to rampant use of life-threatening unsafe practices that contribute to 4.1% MMR and criminalization, and after 4 years the Ministry of Health still not conducted training to those health providers who are allowed to perform abortion and it has not been assigned the places yet" (14-15). "W/HRDs who assert rights concerning land and natural...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[U]nwanted pregnancy services were not covered and moreover every health provider are prohibited to refer an unwanted case to any specific Service Delivery Point while actually the health law no 9-2009 said that abortion under special condition (such as rape and serious fetal problem) are allowed" (12). "Women are often denied access to service which led to rampant use of life-threatening unsafe practices that contribute to 4.1% MMR and criminalization, and after 4 years the Ministry of Health still not conducted training to those health providers who are allowed to perform abortion and it has not been assigned the places yet" (14-15). "W/HRDs who assert rights concerning land and natural...more
April 2, 2025, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Dominican Republic
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Feminist and women's organizations have promoted an arduous struggle for the decriminalization of abortion in three specific cases, when the woman's life is in danger, when it is a question of sexual violation or when there are fatal malformations for the survival of the fetus, applying criminal sanctions both to health personnel who intervene and to women who voluntarily seek or attempt an abortion. This forces those women who want to save their lives to perform abortions in unhealthy, unsafe and clandestine conditions" (14). "For more than 20 years, there have been attempts to reform the Penal Code and to include the decriminalization of abortion in three grounds, at the...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Feminist and women's organizations have promoted an arduous struggle for the decriminalization of abortion in three specific cases, when the woman's life is in danger, when it is a question of sexual violation or when there are fatal malformations for the survival of the fetus, applying criminal sanctions both to health personnel who intervene and to women who voluntarily seek or attempt an abortion. This forces those women who want to save their lives to perform abortions in unhealthy, unsafe and clandestine conditions" (14). "For more than 20 years, there have been attempts to reform the Penal Code and to include the decriminalization of abortion in three grounds, at the...more
March 27, 2025, 7:22 p.m.
Countries: Cambodia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"There are two main obstacles to women’s ability to obtain safe abortion: the high social stigma attached to abortion, and the lack of understanding of the law legalizing abortion. According to a baseline survey by Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC) in 2019 , only 2.7% of women in Kampot and Siem Reap provinces correctly understood all aspects of the legality of abortion. There is insufficient effort by RGC to create and implement SRHR policy and guidelines to protect women, particularly those with disabilities, rape victims, and those who live in remote areas" (8).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"There are two main obstacles to women’s ability to obtain safe abortion: the high social stigma attached to abortion, and the lack of understanding of the law legalizing abortion. According to a baseline survey by Reproductive Health Association of Cambodia (RHAC) in 2019 , only 2.7% of women in Kampot and Siem Reap provinces correctly understood all aspects of the legality of abortion. There is insufficient effort by RGC to create and implement SRHR policy and guidelines to protect women, particularly those with disabilities, rape victims, and those who live in remote areas" (8).
March 27, 2025, 10:21 a.m.
Countries: Denmark
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Fathers do not always want abortion but have no choice. Fathers do not always want the child to be born but has no choice" (6).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Fathers do not always want abortion but have no choice. Fathers do not always want the child to be born but has no choice" (6).
March 19, 2025, 11:07 p.m.
Countries: Uganda
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[I]ncidents of unsafe abortions remain high in Uganda as many people remain unaware that abortions can be legally obtained under these circumstances. The situation is also sustained by the failure of the government to raise awareness about the relevant laws and ensure adequate access to safe and legal abortion services" (4).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"[I]ncidents of unsafe abortions remain high in Uganda as many people remain unaware that abortions can be legally obtained under these circumstances. The situation is also sustained by the failure of the government to raise awareness about the relevant laws and ensure adequate access to safe and legal abortion services" (4).
March 14, 2025, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Indonesia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The impact of drug use on a fetus during pregnancy or among newborns is often overstated by the media and medical personnel. WUD [women who use drugs] may be coerced to have an abortion as a result of misinformation from health workers or media sensationalism" (10).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The impact of drug use on a fetus during pregnancy or among newborns is often overstated by the media and medical personnel. WUD [women who use drugs] may be coerced to have an abortion as a result of misinformation from health workers or media sensationalism" (10).
March 11, 2025, 5:27 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The report states that the reversal of Roe v Wade by the US supreme court in 2022, as well as low health insurance reimbursement rates and payment structures have contributed to hospital closures and the decline in the OB-GYN workforce. The report mentions that the reversal of Roe continues to impact how and where OB-GYNs train and deliver care. In states with severe abortion restrictions, some doctors have left due to the threat of severe consequences and punishment for providing abortions. These states have also experienced notable decreases in applications for obstetric residencies, partly because of the inability to provide training in abortion care, the report added" (par. 10-12).more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The report states that the reversal of Roe v Wade by the US supreme court in 2022, as well as low health insurance reimbursement rates and payment structures have contributed to hospital closures and the decline in the OB-GYN workforce. The report mentions that the reversal of Roe continues to impact how and where OB-GYNs train and deliver care. In states with severe abortion restrictions, some doctors have left due to the threat of severe consequences and punishment for providing abortions. These states have also experienced notable decreases in applications for obstetric residencies, partly because of the inability to provide training in abortion care, the report added" (par. 10-12).more
March 11, 2025, 5:05 p.m.
Countries: Belgium
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The new law recognises different dimensions of femicides. According to UN data, these crimes are overwhelmingly the result of intimate violence, meaning that the victims are killed by current or past romantic partners, fathers or other relatives. The law adopted by the Chamber recognises intimate femicide, as well as non-intimate (murder perpetrated by a third party, such as a sex worker being killed by a client) and indirect crimes (death as the result of a forced abortion or genital mutilation, for example)" (par. 10-11). This quote suggest that abortion is practiced in Belgium (IME - CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The new law recognises different dimensions of femicides. According to UN data, these crimes are overwhelmingly the result of intimate violence, meaning that the victims are killed by current or past romantic partners, fathers or other relatives. The law adopted by the Chamber recognises intimate femicide, as well as non-intimate (murder perpetrated by a third party, such as a sex worker being killed by a client) and indirect crimes (death as the result of a forced abortion or genital mutilation, for example)" (par. 10-11). This quote suggest that abortion is practiced in Belgium (IME - CODER COMMENT).
March 5, 2025, 8:35 p.m.
Countries: Ecuador
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, 80 health-care professionals received training on the Clinical Practice Guide for Therapeutic Abortion and on professional confidentiality. The Ministry of Public Health provides effective care, including an appropriate referral process from lower levels for treatment for complications arising from abortion, in compliance with current regulations and with the human rights framework. In 2018, 800 professionals received awareness-raising training and in 2019, 21,285 health-care professionals were trained on human rights" (30). "In 2019, the Justice Commission of the National Assembly issued a report that took a favourable view of decriminalizing abortion in four circumstances, namely, when the pregnancy is the result of rape, incestuous rape or non-consensual insemination or...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In 2019, 80 health-care professionals received training on the Clinical Practice Guide for Therapeutic Abortion and on professional confidentiality. The Ministry of Public Health provides effective care, including an appropriate referral process from lower levels for treatment for complications arising from abortion, in compliance with current regulations and with the human rights framework. In 2018, 800 professionals received awareness-raising training and in 2019, 21,285 health-care professionals were trained on human rights" (30). "In 2019, the Justice Commission of the National Assembly issued a report that took a favourable view of decriminalizing abortion in four circumstances, namely, when the pregnancy is the result of rape, incestuous rape or non-consensual insemination or...more
Feb. 28, 2025, 6:44 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Medical leaders are calling for reform of abortion laws in England and Wales after an 'unprecedented' rise in women and girls being prosecuted for ending their own pregnancies. More than 30 groups – including the British Medical Association, the Faculty of Public Health, the British Society of Abortion Care Providers and the royal colleges of GPs, nurses, psychiatrists, midwives and anaesthetists – issued a joint statement warning that the current legislation is causing 'trauma and cruelty' and demanding 'immediate action' to safeguard reproductive rights. The intervention, led by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), comes after cases where women were prosecuted for illegal abortions under a Victorian-era law...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Medical leaders are calling for reform of abortion laws in England and Wales after an 'unprecedented' rise in women and girls being prosecuted for ending their own pregnancies. More than 30 groups – including the British Medical Association, the Faculty of Public Health, the British Society of Abortion Care Providers and the royal colleges of GPs, nurses, psychiatrists, midwives and anaesthetists – issued a joint statement warning that the current legislation is causing 'trauma and cruelty' and demanding 'immediate action' to safeguard reproductive rights. The intervention, led by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG), comes after cases where women were prosecuted for illegal abortions under a Victorian-era law...more
Feb. 26, 2025, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: North Korea
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry report on the human rights situation in North Korea found that North Korean escapees who are forcibly repatriated face systematic torture, arbitrary detention, and sexual violence, including invasive body searches and forced abortions, that amount to crimes against humanity" (par. 8).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"The 2014 UN Commission of Inquiry report on the human rights situation in North Korea found that North Korean escapees who are forcibly repatriated face systematic torture, arbitrary detention, and sexual violence, including invasive body searches and forced abortions, that amount to crimes against humanity" (par. 8).
Feb. 21, 2025, 6:35 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Donald Tusk’s centrist governing party has so far not garnered enough support in parliament to push through its pre-election pledge to ease these laws" (para 3). "A handful of anti-abortion activists were also present outside the building, reciting Catholic prayers" (para 6). "In August, the prime minister conceded there was 'simply no majority' to deliver on his party’s pledge to allow abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy in the current parliamentary term. One of his senior lawmakers announced last month that work on relaxing the rules, some of Europe’s strictest, would resume only after the presidential election scheduled for May. Four bills to loosen the abortion law had been...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Donald Tusk’s centrist governing party has so far not garnered enough support in parliament to push through its pre-election pledge to ease these laws" (para 3). "A handful of anti-abortion activists were also present outside the building, reciting Catholic prayers" (para 6). "In August, the prime minister conceded there was 'simply no majority' to deliver on his party’s pledge to allow abortion until the 12th week of pregnancy in the current parliamentary term. One of his senior lawmakers announced last month that work on relaxing the rules, some of Europe’s strictest, would resume only after the presidential election scheduled for May. Four bills to loosen the abortion law had been...more
Feb. 20, 2025, 3:56 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Olayemi is one of about 20 women in the Ota community – chemists, nurses and tailors – who distribute pills for pregnancy termination in this rural part of the southwestern state. They share personal experiences of unsafe, painful or life-threatening abortions and a willingness to help other women. 'The pain I went through, I don’t wish on my worst enemy,' recalls Alike*, 43, one of the network leaders, who, after 22 years of working as a teacher, resigned last year to concentrate on community organising and advocacy around safe abortion. 'When I heard that there are drugs to induce abortion, that women can take in their own houses with the...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Olayemi is one of about 20 women in the Ota community – chemists, nurses and tailors – who distribute pills for pregnancy termination in this rural part of the southwestern state. They share personal experiences of unsafe, painful or life-threatening abortions and a willingness to help other women. 'The pain I went through, I don’t wish on my worst enemy,' recalls Alike*, 43, one of the network leaders, who, after 22 years of working as a teacher, resigned last year to concentrate on community organising and advocacy around safe abortion. 'When I heard that there are drugs to induce abortion, that women can take in their own houses with the...more
Feb. 13, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Abortion is legal in Italy during the first 90 days of pregnancy for health, economic, social, or personal reasons. However, burdensome requirements as well as extensive use of 'conscientious objection' by medical personnel function to deny care to women and girls, and leave them scrambling to find services within the legal time frame" (1). "Activists and doctors in Italy told Human Rights Watch that delays in testing and diagnosis during pregnancy mean women are not always aware of fetal anomalies during the first trimester, and some anomalies cannot be identified until later in pregnancy. In addition, few doctors in Italy are willing to perform abortions after the 90-day limit. Most...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Abortion is legal in Italy during the first 90 days of pregnancy for health, economic, social, or personal reasons. However, burdensome requirements as well as extensive use of 'conscientious objection' by medical personnel function to deny care to women and girls, and leave them scrambling to find services within the legal time frame" (1). "Activists and doctors in Italy told Human Rights Watch that delays in testing and diagnosis during pregnancy mean women are not always aware of fetal anomalies during the first trimester, and some anomalies cannot be identified until later in pregnancy. In addition, few doctors in Italy are willing to perform abortions after the 90-day limit. Most...more
Feb. 12, 2025, 7:23 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] continues to cover Russia's attempts to prompt a baby boom, which in addition to incentives includes curbing access to abortions" (par. 12).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"She [Lada Shamardina, a Russian journalist for the independent medical publication Medivestnik] continues to cover Russia's attempts to prompt a baby boom, which in addition to incentives includes curbing access to abortions" (par. 12).
Feb. 6, 2025, 9:50 p.m.
Countries: Russia
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"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. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir Putin. 'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press. 'And here, it was a public place, well-known in Kaliningrad, and everyone spoke out openly about how they see this measure, why they think...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"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. The weeknight turnout surprised and heartened Dasha Yakovleva, one of the organizers, amid recent crackdowns on political activism under President Vladimir Putin. 'Right now, there is no room for political action in Russia. The only place left is our kitchens,' Yakovleva, co-founder of the Feminitive Community women’s group, told The Associated Press. 'And here, it was a public place, well-known in Kaliningrad, and everyone spoke out openly about how they see this measure, why they think...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 7:18 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Although abortion has been legal in Italy since 1978, accessing the procedure is extremely difficult owing to the high number of gynaecologists who are moral objectors. Italy’s far-right government, which came to power last October, is against abortion, although the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said the law would not be changed" (para 15).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Although abortion has been legal in Italy since 1978, accessing the procedure is extremely difficult owing to the high number of gynaecologists who are moral objectors. Italy’s far-right government, which came to power last October, is against abortion, although the prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said the law would not be changed" (para 15).
Feb. 5, 2025, 7:13 p.m.
Countries: France
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Emmanuel Macron has promised to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution by next year, after restrictions in other countries propelled France on a path towards unconditionally guaranteeing abortion rights. The French president said on Sunday that his government would submit a draft text to France’s highest administrative court over the coming week, with the aim of making abortion rights constitutional by the end of the year. 'In 2024, the right of women to choose abortion will become irreversible,' he wrote on social media. The announcement follows a promise made by Macron on 8 March, International Women’s Day, when he tweeted in response to the overturning...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Emmanuel Macron has promised to enshrine a woman’s right to an abortion in the French constitution by next year, after restrictions in other countries propelled France on a path towards unconditionally guaranteeing abortion rights. The French president said on Sunday that his government would submit a draft text to France’s highest administrative court over the coming week, with the aim of making abortion rights constitutional by the end of the year. 'In 2024, the right of women to choose abortion will become irreversible,' he wrote on social media. The announcement follows a promise made by Macron on 8 March, International Women’s Day, when he tweeted in response to the overturning...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: Poland
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In Poland, where there has been a near-total ban on legal abortion since 2020, there were concerns raised earlier this year in response to a state-funded study which reported forensic tests could be used to detect abortion pills in foetal and maternal samples. A recent Human Rights Watch report found there were 'sweeping and speculative' investigations of women in Poland – including those who had a legal medical abortion. The practice, it said, 'can only be described as a witch hunt'. Last month, the New York Times claimed tests to detect abortion drugs were being used in Poland 'in rare cases' to investigate the outcomes of pregnancies, but that 'these...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"In Poland, where there has been a near-total ban on legal abortion since 2020, there were concerns raised earlier this year in response to a state-funded study which reported forensic tests could be used to detect abortion pills in foetal and maternal samples. A recent Human Rights Watch report found there were 'sweeping and speculative' investigations of women in Poland – including those who had a legal medical abortion. The practice, it said, 'can only be described as a witch hunt'. Last month, the New York Times claimed tests to detect abortion drugs were being used in Poland 'in rare cases' to investigate the outcomes of pregnancies, but that 'these...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 6:51 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Last month, the New York Times claimed tests to detect abortion drugs were being used in Poland 'in rare cases' to investigate the outcomes of pregnancies, but that 'these tests are not yet known to be in use anywhere else in the world', including the US. A spokesperson for AidAccess, which provides abortion pills by post to all 50 US states, said they were 'not aware of toxicological tests for mifepristone and misoprostol being used in the US by police in any way yet' but they had heard of similar tests being used in Poland" (para 14-15). "After Roe v Wade was overturned in the US last summer, removing the...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Last month, the New York Times claimed tests to detect abortion drugs were being used in Poland 'in rare cases' to investigate the outcomes of pregnancies, but that 'these tests are not yet known to be in use anywhere else in the world', including the US. A spokesperson for AidAccess, which provides abortion pills by post to all 50 US states, said they were 'not aware of toxicological tests for mifepristone and misoprostol being used in the US by police in any way yet' but they had heard of similar tests being used in Poland" (para 14-15). "After Roe v Wade was overturned in the US last summer, removing the...more
Feb. 5, 2025, 6:50 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"British police are testing women for abortion drugs and requesting data from menstrual tracking apps after unexplained pregnancy losses. Tortoise has seen forensic reports in which police have requested a mass spectrometry test, which can detect the presence of the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol in the urine, blood and placenta of women under investigation. Other reports include requests for 'data related to menstruation tracking applications' as part of the police’s investigations. It’s understood these requests have been taking place for at least the past three years. Dr Jonathan Lord, co-chair of the British Society of Abortion Care Providers and an NHS consultant gynaecologist, called searching women’s phones for menstrual...more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"British police are testing women for abortion drugs and requesting data from menstrual tracking apps after unexplained pregnancy losses. Tortoise has seen forensic reports in which police have requested a mass spectrometry test, which can detect the presence of the abortion drugs mifepristone and misoprostol in the urine, blood and placenta of women under investigation. Other reports include requests for 'data related to menstruation tracking applications' as part of the police’s investigations. It’s understood these requests have been taking place for at least the past three years. Dr Jonathan Lord, co-chair of the British Society of Abortion Care Providers and an NHS consultant gynaecologist, called searching women’s phones for menstrual...more
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:31 p.m.
Countries: Hungary
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Other barriers such as waiting periods and mandatory 'counseling' appointments prevent effective access and continue to stigmatize abortion. In October 2020, Hungary co-sponsored the anti-abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family with the United States and 33 other countries. Although abortion remains legal at the time of writing, the 2011 constitutional changes as well as the government’s decision to co-sponsor the Geneva Consensus Declaration—a document with no legal weight but which is focused on states committing to promote an anti-abortion approach to reproductive health—raises concerns among activists that more barriers are forthcoming" (6).
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Other barriers such as waiting periods and mandatory 'counseling' appointments prevent effective access and continue to stigmatize abortion. In October 2020, Hungary co-sponsored the anti-abortion Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family with the United States and 33 other countries. Although abortion remains legal at the time of writing, the 2011 constitutional changes as well as the government’s decision to co-sponsor the Geneva Consensus Declaration—a document with no legal weight but which is focused on states committing to promote an anti-abortion approach to reproductive health—raises concerns among activists that more barriers are forthcoming" (6).
Feb. 3, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "Bintu Ibrahim, now in her late 20s, recounted how soldiers gave her two injections without her consent after picking her up with a group of other women who fled the insurgents about three years ago. When the blood came, and the terrifying pain, she knew she and the others had been given abortions....more
Variables: ABO-PRACTICE-1
"Since at least 2013, the Nigerian military has conducted a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the country’s northeast, ending at least 10,000 pregnancies among women and girls, a Reuters investigation has found. Many had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants. Resisters were beaten, held at gunpoint or drugged into compliance, witnesses say" (Para 1). "Bintu Ibrahim, now in her late 20s, recounted how soldiers gave her two injections without her consent after picking her up with a group of other women who fled the insurgents about three years ago. When the blood came, and the terrifying pain, she knew she and the others had been given abortions....more