Across Europe, 43 of 49 countries now allow abortion on request during early pregnancy. A growing number have reformed laws in the past decade to expand access. Learn more in our 🆕 report 'Europe Abortion Laws 2025: Policies, Progress and Challenges' 👉 reproductiverights.org/europe-abort...

📊 NEW REPORT: Explore how abortion law & policy compares across 49 European countries: 🗺️ Abortion on request 🗺️ Bans 🗺️ Criminalisation 🗺️ Waiting periods 🗺️ Counselling requirements 🗺️ Time limits 🗺️ Coverage & affordability See the full set of maps & analysis ⬇️

⚖️ Last week, Spain’s PM Pedro Sánchez announced plans to bring a proposal to parliament to enshrine the right to #abortion in the Constitution, following France’s historic example last year. Such constitutional protections would safeguard against rollbacks of abortion rights.

🎥 Highlights from #ISADinGeneva A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone involved💚 Special thanks to @villedegeneve.bsky.social & @lejetdeau.bsky.social for supporting this important cause. #ReproductiveRights are #HumanRights. #Abortion care must guaranteed as essential healthcare across Europe & beyond.

Un grand merci à Marie Barbey-Chappuis, membre du Conseil exécutif de la @villedegeneve.bsky.social, d’avoir été à nos côtés à l'occasion de Journée mondiale pour le droit à l’avortement et de soutenir le droit à l’avortement légal et accessible pour toutes.

Genève revêt du vert pour la Journée mondiale pour le droit à l’avortement #SafeAbortionDay ! 💚 @lejetdeau.bsky.social emblématique s’illumine en soutien aux droits reproductifs. Merci à la @villedegeneve.bsky.social pour ce symbole fort. #ISADinGeneva

Geneva shines green on International #SafeAbortionDay! 💚 The iconic @lejetdeau.bsky.social illuminated in support of reproductive rights. Thank you @villedegeneve.bsky.social for this powerful symbol. #ISADinGeneva

This International #SafeAbortionDay, European leaders have the opportunity to guarantee #abortion as essential healthcare in law, policy & practice. Stronger legal protections are needed to close remaining gaps. Learn more in our 🆕 report 👉 https://reproductiverights.org/europe-abortion-laws-2025/

The #EU must strengthen its role by: ✔ Issuing guidance to Member States ✔ Monitoring threats of regression ✔ Ensuring cross-border access to care ✔ Funding civil society ✔ Pursuing stronger EU legal protections Learn more 👉 https://reproductiverights.org/europe-abortion-laws-2025/ #SafeAbortionDay

Our 🆕 report recommends national governments: ✔ Ensure universal legal access to #abortion ✔ Decriminalise abortion & remove harmful barriers ✔ Guarantee affordable care ✔ Ensure access to medication abortion ✔ Protect providers 👉 https://bit.ly/3Ks9HXP #SafeAbortionDay

Even in countries where #abortion is legal, access across #Europe remains challenging. Mandatory waiting periods, biased counselling, & high out-of-pocket costs continue to delay or block care. Learn more 👉 https://reproductiverights.org/europe-abortion-laws-2025/ #SafeAbortionDay

In #Europe, only five countries — Poland, Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein & Monaco — still enforce highly restrictive #abortion laws. These bans force many to seek care abroad or outside legal pathways. Learn more 👉 https://reproductiverights.org/europe-abortion-laws-2025/ #SafeAbortionDay

Across #Europe, 43 of 49 countries now allow #abortion on request at least during early pregnancy. In the past decade, 20 countries have reformed laws to dismantle harmful barriers and improve access. Learn more 👉 https://reproductiverights.org/europe-abortion-laws-2025/ #SafeAbortionDay

This #SafeAbortionDay, we’re highlighting how #abortion laws & policies shape access to care across #Europe. Despite decades of progress, harmful legislative barriers still obstruct access to quality abortion care in many countries. 📊 Our new report 👇

Happy International #SafeAbortionDay!💚 #ReproductiveRights, incl. the right to quality #abortion care, are fundamental #HumanRights, enshrined in international law. European leaders must ensure #abortion is recognised & upheld as essential healthcare in law, policy and practice.

So amazing to see Geneva decked out in our movement's iconic green ahead of International Safe Abortion Day! The flags across the Mont-Blanc Bridge make our message loud and clear: Reproductive rights are human rights! ✊💚 Thank you @villedegeneve.bsky.social for honoring this powerful day with us!

#ReproRights flags on Geneva’s Mont-Blanc Bridge sending a clear message for International #SafeAbortionDay! Show your support & help us spread the word: 💚 Spot the flags 📸 Snap a photo or a selfie 📲 Share it with the hashtag #ISADinGeneva

⚠️Zmeny ústavy, ktoré dnes prijala Národná rada SR, oslabia právny štát a podkopú plnenie záväzkov #Slovenska vyplývajúcich z práva EÚ a medzinárodných ľudskoprávnych dohovorov v širokej škále oblastí vrátane sexálneho a reprodukčného zdravia a práv.

⚠️ The Slovak Parliament has just adopted constitutional amendments that undermine the rule of law and fundamental human rights, especially #SRHR. These changes are a devastating blow to #Slovakia’s obligations under international human rights and EU law. They will harm the most marginalised.

✨ Geneva shines green for #SafeAbortionDay ✨ 💚 26–28 Sept: Flags on Mont-Blanc Bridge 💚 28 Sept: @lejetdeau.bsky.social illuminated green Thank you @villedegeneve.bsky.social for sending a clear message: #ReproductiveRights = #HumanRights Learn more 👇

✨Les drapeaux flottent haut sur le pont du Mont-Blanc à Genève✨ À l’approche de la Journée mondiale pour le droit à l’avortement, ils portent un message clair: les #DroitsReproductifs sont des #DroitsHumains. Merci à la @villedegeneve.bsky.social de soutenir cette importante cause 💚 #ISADinGeneva

✨Flags flying high on the Mont-Blanc Bridge in Geneva, the centre of human rights diplomacy✨ Ahead of International #SafeAbortionDay, they carry a clear message: #ReproductiveRights are #HumanRights. Thank you @villedegeneve.bsky.social for supporting this important cause 💚 #ISADinGeneva

Today, #Slovakia’s parliament votes on constitutional amendments that threaten the rule of law and human rights – particularly the rights to education, family life & healthcare, including #SRHR. We call on lawmakers to reject these harmful proposals & uphold fundamental rights.

📣 OUT NOW: Europe Abortion Laws 2025: Policies, Progress and Challenges Our 🆕 analysis highlights decades of progress in #abortion law reform across #Europe — but access barriers remain across the region. View the full report 👇

Members of @europarl.europa.eu urge Slovakia's parliament to reject constitutional amendments that threaten rule of law & human rights. These regressive changes would particularly undermine rights to education, family life & healthcare, including #SRHR. We join MEPs in calling for their rejection.

📢 #Denmark has formally apologised to Greenlandic women and girls subjected to involuntary birth control between 1966–1991, when thousands were fitted with IUDs without consent. This is an important step towards guaranteeing justice and reparations for survivors.

📊 84% of Czechs support a woman’s right to decide to have an #abortion, according to the Czech Center for Public Opinion Research — a finding that reflects and reinforces broader progressive trends across Europe on abortion rights.

The @who.int has launched a first-of-its-kind guide to help countries deliver respectful, dignified maternal & newborn care. It urges countries to: ✅ Adopt UN & @coe.int standards ✅ Strengthen laws & protections ✅ Tackle systemic inequalities Respectful care shapes future health outcomes.

Congratulations to @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social on reaching 1 MILLION verified signatures for the My Voice, My Choice European Citizens’ Initiative! This means the initiative can now be officially submitted to @ec.europa.eu. An important step towards improving access to #abortion across the EU 💪‬‬

International human rights law and @WHO guidelines are clear — sexual and reproductive health is grounded in multiple fundamental rights, including: 🧬 Life 🩺 Health ⚖️ Bodily autonomy 🟰 Equality & non-discrimination 🔒 Privacy 🔬 Education & information 🛑 Freedom from violence & torture

🚨 One year after the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women found that Poland’s restrictive #abortion law causes grave human rights violations, the country has yet to adopt meaningful reform. Together with @federapl.bsky.social , we call for urgent reform 👇

Gender equality cannot be achieved without #SRHR. Across Europe, women must have access to the full range of sexual and reproductive health services — including #contraception, #abortion, #AssistedReproduction and #MaternalCare — without stigma, barriers or discrimination.

Health workers play a vital role in delivering comprehensive, quality #abortion care, and must be supported to do so without fear of stigma, punishment or recrimination. @who.int recommends abortion care be provided by a wide range of health professionals, including midwives, nurses and GPs.

Sexual and reproductive health & rights are fundamental #humanrights, grounded in international human rights law. Ensuring access to comprehensive #SRHR services means protecting the universal rights to: 🧬 Life 🏥 Health 🔒 Privacy 🎓 Education ✊ Freedom from discrimination, violence and torture

When young people have access to comprehensive sexual & reproductive health services, everyone benefits from a healthier, safer society. This #YouthDay, we call on European governments to prioritise: 📚 Comprehensive #SexEd 💊 Youth-friendly services, incl. #abortion, #contraception & sexual health

📢 Access to #MedicationAbortion saves lives. It is a safe, effective and WHO-recommended method to end a pregnancy. #Mifepristone and #Misoprostol—the two medicines for #abortion care—are considered essential medicines by the WHO, and must be accessible to all those who need them in Europe.

#LGBTIQ+ people across Europe continue to face #discrimination in accessing sexual and reproductive health care, driven by non-inclusive health systems and legal barriers. Governments must act now to uphold international commitments and guarantee equal #SRHR for all.

#ReproductiveRights are #HumanRights. Everyone, everywhere, has the right to control their own body, access reproductive healthcare, and live free from discrimination, coercion and violence.

🎉 The Constitutional Court in #Lithuania has struck down a ban on #AssistedReproduction for single women, ruling it unconstitutional & discriminatory. The govt will amend the law to ensure equal access for all women facing #infertility. #ART should be available to everyone, incl. same-sex couples.

👏 #Luxembourg has ended the mandatory waiting period for #abortion – a harmful, stigmatising & arbitrary barrier to care. This move reflects a growing European trend towards improving abortion laws. Abortion must be treated with the same urgency and respect as any other essential healthcare.

Sardinia will be the first southern Italian region to offer #abortion care outside hospitals, providing cost-free access to medication abortion in select public clinics and, on a trial basis, at home. The move comes amid high rates of refusals of care and reliance on surgical abortion.

#Abortion remains legal in #Switzerland, but access is far from guaranteed. A recent investigation from @blick.ch highlights how political and religious pressure, institutional refusal, and doctor bias continue to undermine women's reproductive rights.

We welcome the European Commission's (@ec.europa.eu) proposed 2028-2034 budget doubling CERV+ funding to protect fundamental rights, equality and democracy. Now, it’s crucial that Parliament & Member States safeguard this support to uphold EU values and the rule of law. Read our joint statement 👇

This month, @europarl.europa.eu adopted its report on the EU’s progress on the #SDGs ahead of the 2025 UN High-Level Political Forum.‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ It reaffirms that #SRHR are essential to achieving the goals, and calls on the EU & Member States to prioritise progress in this area. Learn more 👇

The EU Commission (@ec.europa.eu) €200B Global Europe plan is a potential game-changer. The EU Parliament (@europarl.europa.eu) & Member States must now ensure every Euro invested delivers maximum impact and reaches the people and places that need it most.‬‬‬ 📄 Read our joint statement:

#CEDAW’s latest report on #SanMarino welcomes progress, including the 2022 legalisation of abortion, but flags serious concerns regarding access to #SRHR. Here’s what still needs to change 👇

📢 #CEDAW’s latest report on #Ireland welcomes progress on #contraception access and #abortion legalisation, but highlights persistent #SRHR barriers, especially for marginalised groups. Here’s what still needs to change 👇

This #WorldPopulationDay is about empowering young people to create the families they want—when, how and if they choose. This means across Europe, they must have access to: 📚 Comprehensive #SexEd 💊 #Contraception ⚖️ Legal #abortion 🤰 Quality #MaternalCare ℹ️ Youth-friendly SRH services & information

The first half of 2025 reaffirmed the progressive SRHR trend in #Europe, as reform efforts continue to strengthen and expand access to #abortion care across the continent. Here’s the breakdown 👇

#WomensHealth is one of the most neglected areas in health research. The EU must step up its leadership & investment, including in #SRHR & #maternalhealth, to close the gender gap and uphold human rights, while also yielding significant economic & societal benefits. @mepsforwomenhealth.bsky.social