Opinion for the Commission on Reproductive Self-Determination and Reproductive Medicine (Germany)
Stellungnahme für die Kommission zur Reproduktiven Selbstbestimmung und Fortpflanzungsmedizin (Deutschland)
European Abortion Laws: A Comparative Overview
Get an overview of abortion laws and policies in all 47 European countries (updated September 2023).
Malta’s Amended Abortion Law Will Not Protect Women’s Health and Lives
06.28.2023 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva: A newly adopted abortion law in Malta has been criticised by public health, human rights and women’s rights experts in Malta and across the world. Although the law technically removes the [...]
Center Continues Work to Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion Care in Poland
The Center’s joint submission leads to decision by the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers recognizing Poland’s failure to comply with judgments in three cases.
On World Refugee Day, the Center Urges Action to Ensure Women and Girls Fleeing Ukraine Have Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Health Care
European governments and the European Union are called on to ensure barriers don’t impede access to critical services.
World Refugee Day: Many Refugees Across Europe Continue to Be Denied Access to Essential Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, Prompting Call for Urgent Action
20.06.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Many refugee women and girls who have sought sanctuary and safety in Europe are still being denied access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services, according to [...]
Joint Statement Calling for Abortion Law Reform in England and Wales
The Center for Reproductive Rights has joined a coalition of organizations calling for abortion laws in England and Wales to be modernized in line with World Health Organization guidelines, including for abortion to be decriminalized [...]
Council of Europe Committee of Ministers Urges Poland to Ensure Access to Lawful Abortion Care
8 June 2023 (PRESS RELEASE) – Geneva—On 7 June 2023, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe issued a decision strongly urging Poland to ensure effective access to lawful abortion, without further delay, and [...]
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New Study Suggests Many Women Refugees from Ukraine are Returning Home Temporarily to Access Essential Reproductive Healthcare as a Result of Barriers in Parts of the EU
16.05.23 (PRESS RELEASE) Geneva – Women from Ukraine who sought sanctuary in the European Union often experience a series of entrenched barriers when seeking access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support in [...]
New Study Finds Many Refugees from Ukraine are Cut Off from Reproductive Health Care
Facing restrictive abortion and contraception laws and other quality of care barriers in Poland, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, many women feel they have no choice but to return to Ukraine to obtain care.
Care in Crisis: Failures to guarantee the sexual and reproductive health and rights of refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia
The Center for Reproductive Rights and eight partner organizations documented the gaps and barriers in access to sexual and reproductive healthcare and gender-based violence support services that are faced by refugees from Ukraine in Hungary, [...]
Submission on Poland to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (April 2023)
The Center for Reproductive Rights and the Federation for Women and Family Planning submitted updated information to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding Poland’s implementation of three judgments of the European [...]
Conviction of Polish Human Rights Defender Sets Dangerous Precedent
The Center condemns the conviction of Justyna Wydrzyńska for helping a woman access abortion medication.
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