Demanding abortion as essential healthcare! #UnstoppableMovement #28Sep #InternationalSafeAbortionDay #ISAD2023

WE WON AN ABORTION CASE IN STRASBOURG! Our lawyers, B.A. @kamila_ferenc and B.A. @AgataBzdyn, for the last two years have been representing M.L. before the European Court for Human Rights in a case against Poland. During M.L.'s pregnancy, the fetus was diagnosed with developmental abnormalities. An abortion was scheduled to be performed at a hospital on 28 January 2021. However, in the middle of the night, M.L. received a message from the hospital that the pregnancy would not be terminated due to the infamous rulling of the Polish Constitutional Court (banning legal abortion on the grounds of foetal abnormalities) had entered into force the day before (27 January). In her rapidly deteriorating mental state, M.L. had to organise a trip abroad within a few days, leaving her family and loved ones in Poland. For an abortion, which only a few days earlier would have been performed for free in a nearby hospital, she had to travel to the Netherlands. She spent more than 5,500 PLN (1220 euro). The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg made a clear decision decision: the pseudo-ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court, issued by an illegitimate body, constituted an unlawful interference in M.L.'s private life and violated Article 8 of the European Convention for Human Rights. We fought for this decision for every woman living in Poland. This verdict is a milestone and another argument that Polish law, which causes so much suffering for women in Poland, must change. We expect the new Polish government to liberalize abortion law. A return to the legal situation before the ruling of the Polish Constitutional Court (i.e. three, strict legal basis for the abortion) is not enough - what is needed is access to legal abortion regardless of the reason. We are taking action. Reach out - we will help. FEDERA's team is always on your side. 48 22 635 93 95, info@federa.org.pl, en.federa.org.pl/

Women's rights to autonomy, health & privacy being violated in Poland as the govt target for alleged abortion-related activities. There is a climate of fear & scrutiny, 6 women have died after docs refused termination. Share the @hrw video & report bit.ly/3PGftFE widely!

@Safe_Abortion thank you for sharing our article on the 10 years of the Montevideo Consensus and its importance for Latin America and the Caribbean. Read it ➡️ safeabortionwomensright.org/… Cc. @BoliviaMarie

Join the unstoppable abortion movement this #Sept28 - International Safe Abortion Day in fighting for the right to access safe and legal abortions for all! ✊💜💚 ⚡ Read and share the 2023 Campaign Toolkit, visit september28.org #UnstoppableMovement #AbortionSolidarity

#Congo If your org is considering adopting digital solutions for SRHR, read abt the @IpasOrg experience of providing info on sexual and reproductive health via the Nurse Nisa WhatsApp chatbot in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read here: bit.ly/3OBRhm3

How do gender norms shape adolescent girls and young women's experiences of pregnancy and abortion in #Mozambique. Read abt it in our newsletter with the latest latest research and news on safe abortion: bit.ly/3qkE2hu

#Ethiopia In our NL this week, read about the ripple effect caused in Ethiopia by overturning Roe v. Wade & what Ethiopia can teach the US about abortion rights bit.ly/3q2IqS6

In our NL this week, read the paper, Self-Managed Abortion in Africa: The Decriminalization Imperative in Regional Human Rights Standards that makes the case for decriminalisation using regional instruments. Read more here: bit.ly/44MltBd #Africa #AbortionResearch

Media reporting shows little or no sensitivity & sympathy in case of the imprisonment of a 19-yr-old girl in #England who didn't know she was pregnant (at age 15) and has denied causing murder of the newborn. Read more in our NL: bit.ly/44D9lmg

#UK Outrage at jail sentence for 44-year-old woman with 3 children who took abortion pills later than legal limit. The no. of women and girls facing investigations for #abortion and the threat of imprisonment has risen in Britain over the past 3 yrs. Read: bit.ly/42Xbw2L

#UK woman facing jail sentence for late-term #abortion under a law more than 160 years old is an urgent reminder to decriminalise abortion in the country. nytimes.com/2023/06/13/world…

In our NL #France Anti-abortion msg posted on free, public bicycles across Paris. Behind this campaign was the anti-abortion Survivors Collective. The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, said she would take action to ensure this would never happen again. Read: bit.ly/3qupjQE

#28May Calling in media houses to amplify Intl. Day of Action for Women's Health campaign demands for decrim abortion, implement CSE, uphold rights of LGBTQI individuals, establish healthcare systems, improve menstrual health bit.ly/45CrQsk #WomensHealthMatters #SRHR4ALL

#Liberia Abortion activists fight for legal change. “Decriminalise abortion to reduce deaths among women” activists say. No woman should die not wanting to keep a pregnancy, it infringes upon their basic human rights to have control over their body. bit.ly/3BG8zI

#Abortion is decriminalised in #Colombia & is legal with no restrictions up to 24 weeks of preg. Yet #AbortionStigma persists. Research by @abortiondata identifies 3 root causes of stigma: criminalisation, traditional roles of femininity, & social identity. Read more here👇🏾