US EditionEurope: Existing Barriers to Abortion Access Compounded by Alarming Attempts to Roll Back Reproductive Rights
Amnesty International highlights regressive policies, stigmatization, and criminalization that limit abortion care in over 40 European countries, affecting marginalized communities most.
- Amnesty International published a report warning hard-won reproductive rights face reversal due to regressive policies across Europe, examining 40 countries and building on a decade of research.
- A well-funded transnational anti-gender movement and populist political actors are promoting regressive policies across Europe, while well-funded anti-rights groups intensify efforts through fear and disinformation.
- In Hungary, authorities require listening to the foetal heartbeat, and at least 12 countries enforce medically unnecessary waiting periods while 13 require compulsory counselling.
- Marginalized communities face disproportionate obstacles to abortion, pregnant people are forced to travel abroad for care, and Warsaw abortion centre and clinics encounter harassment and protests.
- Amnesty urged officials to decriminalize abortion and remove barriers, noting law reforms in many European countries have increased availability but obstacles remain against international standards.
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Amnesty International raises concern over threatened abortion access in Europe
Amnesty International on Thursday raised concern over existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights in Europe. The warning came in a comprehensive new report, “When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe,” which analyzed abortion care and access in 40 countries. The document revealed that despite progressive legal reforms, a “disturbing array” of administrati…
The right to abortion remains a fragile and unevenly applied right in Europe despite legislative advances, but beyond the existing obstacles, Amnesty International has documented the increasing number of attacks against those who defend access to this fundamental right.
Amnesty International warned that restrictions continue across Europe and efforts are intensifying to further restrict access to abortion.
On Thursday, Amnesty International publishes a report analysing the situation in some 40 countries and notes various obstacles that restrict women's access to abortion in Europe.
Europe: Existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights
European governments must act to ensure equal and universal access to abortion care in the face of ongoing restrictions and intensifying efforts to further limit access to abortion across the region, said Amnesty International in a report published today. When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe reveals how – despite hard won progress – harmful and dangerous obstacles continue to undermine access to abortion c…
In Europe, access to abortion remains plagued by administrative, economic and ideological obstacles, Amnesty International warns in a report published this Thursday, November 6, despite legal developments in some European countries.Read more ... Read more about Elle.fr
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