Despite mass protests, global criticism, and already strict abortion laws, the country’s government has rolled back women’s rights even further

Polskie aktywistki zbudowały prawdziwy system – legalną, prężnie działającą sieć wsparcia i informacji

Helplines across Europe have reported higher demand for their services as the coronavirus pandemic adds to the hurdles many women face to access abortion.

According to the Center for Reproductive Rights, 95 per cent of women in Europe of reproductive age live in countries that allow abortion on request or on broad social grounds. Three European countries – Poland, Liechtenstein, Monaco – have highly restrictive abortion laws, and three others – Andorra, Malta, San Marino – have an outright…

Sitting on a hard plastic seat in the corridor of the Bielanski Hospital in north Warsaw last week, waiting for her abortion pill to take effect, Malgorzata quietly recounted her struggle to get a termination for a foetal abnomality in a country bitterly divided over the sanctity of unborn life.

Abortion charities are reporting a sharp increase in the number of Polish women turning to them for help after a constitutional court ruling last month to tighten legislation.

Natalia of the Abortion Dream Team talks about how Aborttion Without Birders has helped more than 2500 people. 

Poland had the fourth-worst abortion law in Europe, and they decided that wasn’t bad enough for their women.

Mara Clarke founded the Abortion Support Network in 2009, to financially help women who had to travel to be able to get an abortion. On this episode of the podcast, we talk to her about how she did it and how the ASN has grown and expanded to create Abortion Without Borders.