The emphasis on delaying women’s decisions in the training I took is dangerous, Mara Clarke, from the UK charity Abortion Support Network, told me. “As soon as someone decides they want an abortion, they are up against the clock”, she explained. Delaying decisions could force women to endure more invasive procedures.

A system designed by thinking about those least able to access care would certainly result in a system that decriminalised abortion and centred on the autonomy of pregnant people, rather than one that instituted requirements for multiple visits and points of medical control over decision making.

“The most marginalised people don’t have a pathway, and they are still being failed by the law.”

Malta is the only country in the EU where abortion remains illegal, but at the same time, hundreds of women leave Malta each year to have abortions overseas, typically in the UK or Italy. Abortion is surrounded by a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ mentality, a no-go area for the Maltese and a politically untouchable subject:…

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The project, which is the result of collaboration between six Polish and international organisations, offers a website (aborcjabezgranic.pl) and a dedicated phone helpline to provide women seeking abortions with organisational, financial and psychological support, reports Tok FM.

The Abortion Without Borders service will refer women to medical abortion providers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain

EMBARGOED – 12.01 am Wednesday 11 Dec Warsaw, Poland “Abortion Without Borders” will provide information, practical support and funding to people in Poland who need abortions A new initiative launched today aims to help anyone in Poland who contacts them to access a safe abortion, either in Poland or abroad. The group is the result…

An international group of pro-choice campaigners will launch an initiative in Poland this week to provide advice and funding for women to travel abroad to have abortions.