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Independent: Dangerous so-called abortion reversal treatment offered to women ‘by anti-abortion groups in UK’
Mara Clarke, founder of Abortion Support Network, said the “mere premise” of abortion reversal treatment “smacks of paternalism”. She added: “This promotion of a possibly dangerous, unproven procedure is yet another example of how anti-abortion activists and groups peddle medical misinformation to people seeking factual information about abortion care. “We can add this to their…
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The World: Could the abortion ban backfire on Poland’s government?
Six weeks ago, Poland introduced a near-total ban on abortion. Since then, abortion-rights groups say financial donations to their organizations have soared and calls to their helplines have tripled. Surveys show a majority of Poles now oppose the new law while public support for the Polish government has dropped since the ruling was made. So,…
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Guardian: Poland accused of abandoning domestic violence victims
Women’s rights activists and opposition MPs have accused the Polish government of abandoning victims of domestic violence as a bill that would in effect take the country out of a key international convention on violence against women moved through parliament.
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US Department of Justice: Madison County man charged with making online threats to kill individuals connected with abortion services non-profit
According to the indictment, on Aug. 26, 2020, Hampton searched “Abortion Support Network” on Facebook and commented on the ASN page, in part, “we kill scum like you…we follow you…we stalk you…then we kill you” and “there will be no pity when I myself stand over your cowering body as you beg and weep for…
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Malta Today: Not just Poland: Dalli called to reflect on Malta abortion ban
European Equality Commissioner Helena Dalli has been called by pro choice activists not to ignore her home country’s abortion ban, after giving a speech on sexual and reproductive health and rights in Poland.
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OWP: Civil unrest as Poland implements near-total abortion law; an attack on reproductive rights.
The ruling Law and Justice party preserve a seemingly outdated socially conservative agenda; repeatedly expressing its distaste for liberal western values and ideologies. Systemically ingrained with Catholicism, the party has placed anti-abortion rhetoric at the forefront of its agenda. Recent polling indicates that less than 15% of the population are in favor of the anti-abortion…
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Gazeta Prawna: Więcej aborcji, mniej badań genetycznych. Stan gry miesiąc po publikacji wyroku TK
Miesiąc po wydrukowaniu wyroku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego organizacje pomagające Polkom wyjeżdżać za granicę w celu terminacji ciąży przeżywają oblężenie.
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The First News: More Polish women travel abroad for abortions after law change
“In January this year, abortion assistance was provided 522 times to Polish women (in terms of procedures in clinics or pharmacological abortions) as part of the assistance offered by the Abortion Without Borders organisation, compared to 228 cases provided in the same period of the previous year,” the paper wrote.
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Skrawki rozumu: in conversation with Mara Clarke
In this episode we spoke with Mara Clarke, the founder of the Abortion Support Network in the UK and Kasia Roszak-ten Hove from Abortion Network Amsterdam about the very pragmatic side of abortion. We discussed current situation in Poland (just weeks after the cruel decision of the Constitutional Tribunal was published) and what has changed…
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Vogue: Przyjaciółki w aborcji
They support abortion. Some have had an abortion, some may have one in the future. They do not leave anyone in the lurch, they are on duty by the communicators of the Abortion Dream Team: – We don’t need politicians, we have each other



