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Germany has a historic opportunity to modernise its abortion law

Center for Reproductive Rights welcomes presentation of new cross-party proposal to make abortion care equitable and more accessible

Germany Faces Growing Pressure to Reform its Outdated Abortion Law

New law proposed by German organizations and experts builds on recommendations from a government-appointed expert commission.

Expert Panel Calls on Germany to Legalize Abortion in First 12 Weeks

In this New York Times piece, the Center's Adriana Lamačkova comments on German abortion laws and the need for reform.

Germany Eradicates Harmful Ban on Abortion Information

06.24.22 (PRESS RELEASE) Today the German Bundestag has repealed §219a of the German Criminal Code removing a harmful ban on information provision on abortion by medical professionals. The ban prohibited doctors and other medical professionals from publicly providing evidence-based information on legal abortions. For over eighty years the law hampered women’s ability to make informed […]

Convicted for ‘advertising’ abortion, German doctors are fighting to share the facts

In this CNN article about a German law that prevents doctors from “advertising for abortion,” or even publishing information on abortion on their websites, Leah Hoctor, the Center for Reproductive Rights’ regional director for Europe, states, “The idea that a European country actually criminalizes the provision of medically accurate information on abortion, but doesn’t effectively […]