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Toward Freedom: Eastern Europe’s Conservative Crackdown on Reproductive Freedom

02.06.12 - "Across Eastern and Central Europe, as unemployment surges and the European Union dithers, nationalist conservative and far right parties are on the march…

New Hungarian Constitution Puts Reproductive Rights at Risk

04.21.11 - On April 18th the Hungarian parliament passed a new constitution by a vote of 262 to 44, with 1 abstention. The new constitution contains numerous discriminatory and problematic provisions that have been criticized by civil society, the European Union and the United Nations…

Abortion under Attack in Hungary

03.31.11 - Safe and legal abortion is under threat in Hungary, where the government is proposing constitutional reforms. These reforms include the drafting of a new constitution that contains language protecting the right to life from the moment of conception.  …

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