Center for Reproductive Rights Europe
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Working to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights across Europe.
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Abortion Laws in Europe - Center for Reproductive Rights
In the global struggle for reproductive rights, the landscape in Europe offers reason for both optimism and continued vigilance.
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📊 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 ⬇️
🗺️ Abortion on request
🗺️ Bans
🗺️ Criminalisation
🗺️ Waiting periods
🗺️ Counselling requirements
🗺️ Time limits
🗺️ Coverage & affordability
See the full set of maps & analysis ⬇️
Denying access to sexual & reproductive health care puts lives at risk and perpetuates violence against women and girls. Barrier-free, timely care—including abortion—is especially critical for survivors of sexual violence. Robust laws and policies are essential to #EndGBV. #IDEVAW #16Days #NoExcuse
November 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We welcome the Senate of #Romania’s rejection of a bill that would have severely restricted access to #abortion care in the country. We urge the Chamber of Deputies to also reject the harmful bill and prevent #SRHR regression.
Senatul a respins controversatul proiect de lege care limitează dreptul la avort
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November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We welcome the Senate of #Romania’s rejection of a bill that would have severely restricted access to #abortion care in the country. We urge the Chamber of Deputies to also reject the harmful bill and prevent #SRHR regression.
Women across #England can now access emergency #contraception free of charge from most community pharmacies, without needing to pay or book a GP or clinic appointment. This change marks a major step by the NHS to expand timely & equitable access to this essential reproductive healthcare.
NHS England » Free ‘morning after pill’ for women at high street pharmacies thanks to NHS expansion
NHS England » Free ‘morning after pill’ for women at high street pharmacies thanks to NHS expansion
www.england.nhs.uk
November 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Women across #England can now access emergency #contraception free of charge from most community pharmacies, without needing to pay or book a GP or clinic appointment. This change marks a major step by the NHS to expand timely & equitable access to this essential reproductive healthcare.
As Latvia considers making pre-abortion consultations mandatory, the Ombudswoman warns this could create barriers to timely abortion access & undermine women’s autonomy. Counselling is already available voluntarily. Making it mandatory would contravene @who.int guidelines.
Ombudswoman warns that mandatory consultations before abortion would restrict women’s rights - Baltic News Network
The proposal to introduce mandatory consultations for women who wish to terminate a pregnancy raises serious human rights concerns.
bnn-news.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As Latvia considers making pre-abortion consultations mandatory, the Ombudswoman warns this could create barriers to timely abortion access & undermine women’s autonomy. Counselling is already available voluntarily. Making it mandatory would contravene @who.int guidelines.
The @who.int has launched a suite of digital tools, including a clinical app, a primary health toolkit and online training, designed to strengthen access to high-quality #abortion care worldwide.
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Learn more 👇
New digital tools expand access and enhance quality in comprehensive abortion care
With learning programmes and digital tools widely accessible, HRP and WHO are helping to close critical knowledge gaps and empower healthcare providers to deliver evidence-based abortion care.
www.who.int
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Sexual and reproductive health & rights must remain central to advancing #GenderEquality across the European Union. Strong legal frameworks and support to civil society are essential.
Read our full recommendations to @ec.europa.eu for the upcoming EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 👇
Read our full recommendations to @ec.europa.eu for the upcoming EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 👇
Recommendations for the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 - Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights made recommendations to the European Commission ahead of the launch of the next EU Gender Equality Strategy post 2025.
reproductiverights.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Sexual and reproductive health & rights must remain central to advancing #GenderEquality across the European Union. Strong legal frameworks and support to civil society are essential.
Read our full recommendations to @ec.europa.eu for the upcoming EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 👇
Read our full recommendations to @ec.europa.eu for the upcoming EU Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 👇
A government-appointed expert group tasked with reviewing Scotland’s abortion law has recommended comprehensive reform, including decriminalisation and access to abortion on request up to 24 weeks.
Our statement 👇
Our statement 👇
Experts Call for Major Reform of Scotland’s Abortion Law - Center for Reproductive Rights
In a newly released report, a government-appointed expert group has recommended comprehensive reform of Scotland’s abortion law.
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A government-appointed expert group tasked with reviewing Scotland’s abortion law has recommended comprehensive reform, including decriminalisation and access to abortion on request up to 24 weeks.
Our statement 👇
Our statement 👇
Across the #EuropeanUnion, civic space is under increasing pressure, and organisations working to advance #genderequality and #SRHR are feeling it most. Yet the new EU Civil Society Strategy fails to address this reality.
Read our joint statement 👇
Read our joint statement 👇
Joint Civil Society Statement on the Publication of the first EU Civil Society Strategy - Center for Reproductive Rights
The first EU Civil Society Strategy falls short of presenting concrete and adequate initiatives to address challenges faced by CSOs and HRDs in the EU today.
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Across the #EuropeanUnion, civic space is under increasing pressure, and organisations working to advance #genderequality and #SRHR are feeling it most. Yet the new EU Civil Society Strategy fails to address this reality.
Read our joint statement 👇
Read our joint statement 👇
Civil society advancing gender equality & #SRHR across the EU faces growing threats. Together with 20 organisations working in 14 countries and at EU level, we called on the @ec.europa.eu to ensure its first EU Civil Society Strategy adequately supports those championing rights and equality.
Recommendations for the First EU Civil Society Strategy - Center for Reproductive Rights
Together with 20 organisations working on sexual and reproductive health and rights in fourteen national contexts across Europe and at EU level, the Center for Reproductive Rights made recommendations...
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Civil society advancing gender equality & #SRHR across the EU faces growing threats. Together with 20 organisations working in 14 countries and at EU level, we called on the @ec.europa.eu to ensure its first EU Civil Society Strategy adequately supports those championing rights and equality.
The @echr.coe.int has issued yet another ruling finding #Poland responsible for violating women’s rights due to its harmful #abortion restrictions. Women continue to face fear, denial of care and forced travel abroad. Poland must urgently legalise and decriminalise abortion.
European Court of Human Rights Issues New Ruling Against Poland Over Harmful Abortion Restrictions - Center for Reproductive Rights
The European Court has issued a new judgement finding Poland in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights over its abortion law.
reproductiverights.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The @echr.coe.int has issued yet another ruling finding #Poland responsible for violating women’s rights due to its harmful #abortion restrictions. Women continue to face fear, denial of care and forced travel abroad. Poland must urgently legalise and decriminalise abortion.
We’re hiring! 🚀
The Center for Reproductive Rights Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Adviser to support our work to advance & protect reproductive rights across the region.
Based in Geneva, Brussels, or Berlin. Apply by 30 November 2025.
The Center for Reproductive Rights Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Adviser to support our work to advance & protect reproductive rights across the region.
Based in Geneva, Brussels, or Berlin. Apply by 30 November 2025.
Careers - Center for Reproductive Rights
reproductiverights.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We’re hiring! 🚀
The Center for Reproductive Rights Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Adviser to support our work to advance & protect reproductive rights across the region.
Based in Geneva, Brussels, or Berlin. Apply by 30 November 2025.
The Center for Reproductive Rights Europe is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Adviser to support our work to advance & protect reproductive rights across the region.
Based in Geneva, Brussels, or Berlin. Apply by 30 November 2025.
How can strategic #probono collaboration help advance sexual and reproductive health & rights in the EU?
Our session at the #2025PILnetGlobalForum (today at 5pm CET) brings together #SRHR advocates and leading law firms to showcase how these partnerships can drive change.
Our session at the #2025PILnetGlobalForum (today at 5pm CET) brings together #SRHR advocates and leading law firms to showcase how these partnerships can drive change.
Agenda - PILnet
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November 12, 2025 at 9:57 AM
How can strategic #probono collaboration help advance sexual and reproductive health & rights in the EU?
Our session at the #2025PILnetGlobalForum (today at 5pm CET) brings together #SRHR advocates and leading law firms to showcase how these partnerships can drive change.
Our session at the #2025PILnetGlobalForum (today at 5pm CET) brings together #SRHR advocates and leading law firms to showcase how these partnerships can drive change.
The @who.int has released its 2025 Model List of Essential Medicines. For the first time, mifepristone & misoprostol are listed in a dedicated section for medical abortion, without previous caveats — reaffirming that access to these medicines is essential healthcare 👉 iris.who.int/server/api/c...
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The @who.int has released its 2025 Model List of Essential Medicines. For the first time, mifepristone & misoprostol are listed in a dedicated section for medical abortion, without previous caveats — reaffirming that access to these medicines is essential healthcare 👉 iris.who.int/server/api/c...
🇮🇹 A new report from Doctors of the World highlights ongoing barriers to #abortion access in Italy — from regional disparities to high rates of refusals of care — as well as frequent delays in the government’s reporting of abortion data, which undermine evidence-based policymaking.
Abortire in Italia è ancora un percorso a ostacoli: "Un diritto negato per le donne"
Crescono gli obiettori, cala il numero dei consultori (già inferiore allo standard Oms), le terapie farmacologiche sono sotto utilizzate. L'ultimo report sull'interruzione di gravidanza denuncia i rit...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🇮🇹 A new report from Doctors of the World highlights ongoing barriers to #abortion access in Italy — from regional disparities to high rates of refusals of care — as well as frequent delays in the government’s reporting of abortion data, which undermine evidence-based policymaking.
🇳🇱 A Dutch court has upheld a ban on protests directly outside an abortion clinic, but struck down a rule preventing demonstrators from speaking with visitors.
Individuals seeking #abortion care, as well as those providing it, must be able to do so safely and free from harassment or intimidation.
Individuals seeking #abortion care, as well as those providing it, must be able to do so safely and free from harassment or intimidation.
Court upholds abortions clinic protest ban but overturns ban on talking to visitors
A Dutch court has ruled that the mayor of Heemstede was justified in banning protests directly in front of the Bloemenhove abortion clinic, but that prohibiting demonstrators from speaking to people w...
nltimes.nl
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🇳🇱 A Dutch court has upheld a ban on protests directly outside an abortion clinic, but struck down a rule preventing demonstrators from speaking with visitors.
Individuals seeking #abortion care, as well as those providing it, must be able to do so safely and free from harassment or intimidation.
Individuals seeking #abortion care, as well as those providing it, must be able to do so safely and free from harassment or intimidation.
Encouraging news from Spain, where the government has announced plans to update its 15-year-old sexual and reproductive health strategy to promote comprehensive #SexEd, strengthen access to contraception & #abortion care, and address menopause & sexual diversity.
Claves para actualizar la Estrategia de Salud Sexual y Reproductiva tras quince años parada
El documento se enfrenta ahora al reto de garantizar su implementación, seguimiento y financiación, claves para asegurar un acceso real y universal a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos en España.
www.elsaltodiario.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Latvian parliament’s decision to withdraw from the #IstanbulConvention, a key safeguard against gender-based violence, is deeply concerning. This move puts the safety of women and girls in Latvia at risk and undermines broader regional efforts to combat violence against women.
Latvian parliament votes to exit Istanbul Convention on women's rights
The Latvian parliament decided to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention after a heated 13-hour debate, potentially making Latvia the first EU state to renounce it.
www.euronews.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Latvian parliament’s decision to withdraw from the #IstanbulConvention, a key safeguard against gender-based violence, is deeply concerning. This move puts the safety of women and girls in Latvia at risk and undermines broader regional efforts to combat violence against women.
From 2027, all pregnancy-related care, including #abortions in the first 12 weeks, will become fully free of charge in Switzerland. The Swiss Parliament has adopted a historic reform that removes insurance deductibles and co-payments for all care throughout pregnancy.
How Switzerland became liberal on abortion – without noticing
From 2027 Swiss health insurers will cover the full cost of abortions. The change passed through parliament almost unnoticed.
www.swissinfo.ch
October 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
From 2027, all pregnancy-related care, including #abortions in the first 12 weeks, will become fully free of charge in Switzerland. The Swiss Parliament has adopted a historic reform that removes insurance deductibles and co-payments for all care throughout pregnancy.
Lawmakers in the #FaroeIslands have once again tabled a bill to allow #abortion on request up to 12 weeks. If passed, it would end one of Europe’s most restrictive laws, which dates back to 1956 and only allows abortion only under narrow grounds.
Ny og lempelig abortlov på Færøerne skal behandles igen | Berlingske
Det er kun i særlige tilfælde, at gravide på Færøerne kan få en abort, som reglerne er i dag.
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October 28, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Lawmakers in the #FaroeIslands have once again tabled a bill to allow #abortion on request up to 12 weeks. If passed, it would end one of Europe’s most restrictive laws, which dates back to 1956 and only allows abortion only under narrow grounds.
Inspiring conversation at #FFP4 on how #FeministForeignPolicy can safeguard & advance #SRHR worldwide. Huge thank you to our co-hosts @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @equipop.bsky.social @ipas.org @fosfeminista.bsky.social @guttmacher.org @mdmfrance.bsky.social @leplanningfamilial.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Inspiring conversation at #FFP4 on how #FeministForeignPolicy can safeguard & advance #SRHR worldwide. Huge thank you to our co-hosts @amnestyfrance.bsky.social @equipop.bsky.social @ipas.org @fosfeminista.bsky.social @guttmacher.org @mdmfrance.bsky.social @leplanningfamilial.bsky.social
With the #FFP4 Ministerial Conference currently underway in Paris, we call on governments to advance #FeministForeignPolicy with real action, including political will, sustainable funding and accountability for #SRHR and #GenderEquality.
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Advancing Feminist Foreign Policy and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights at the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Paris | Center for Reproductive Rights
As global leaders gather in Paris for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies, governments have an important opportunity—and
reproductiverights.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
With the #FFP4 Ministerial Conference currently underway in Paris, we call on governments to advance #FeministForeignPolicy with real action, including political will, sustainable funding and accountability for #SRHR and #GenderEquality.
Learn more 👇
Learn more 👇
As governments gather for the #FFP4 Ministerial Conference in Paris, our VP for Europe Leah Hoctor spoke with @focus2030.org on why defending sexual & reproductive health and rights is essential to truly transformative #FeministForeignPolicy.
Read the full interview 👇
Read the full interview 👇
3 questions to Leah Hoctor, Vice President for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights
Read Focus 2030’s interview with Leah Hoctor, Vice President for Europe, Center for Reproductive Rights on protecting and integrating SRHR in Feminist foreign policies.
focus2030.org
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
As governments gather for the #FFP4 Ministerial Conference in Paris, our VP for Europe Leah Hoctor spoke with @focus2030.org on why defending sexual & reproductive health and rights is essential to truly transformative #FeministForeignPolicy.
Read the full interview 👇
Read the full interview 👇
Misinformation threatens not just science, but also fundamental rights & democracy itself. At #DisInfo2025, we discussed how misinformation about abortion is spread & amplified, and how false narratives & regulatory barriers threaten women's access to accurate information about essential healthcare.
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Misinformation threatens not just science, but also fundamental rights & democracy itself. At #DisInfo2025, we discussed how misinformation about abortion is spread & amplified, and how false narratives & regulatory barriers threaten women's access to accurate information about essential healthcare.
5 years after the Poland's regressive Constitutional Tribunal ruling, the country’s restrictive #abortion law continues to deny women access to essential healthcare. Alongside #SRHR defenders in Poland, we call on the Polish government to urgently reform the law to legalise & decriminalise abortion.
Aborcja musi być legalna, dostępna i bezpieczna - mówi koordynatorka z FEDERY
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October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
5 years after the Poland's regressive Constitutional Tribunal ruling, the country’s restrictive #abortion law continues to deny women access to essential healthcare. Alongside #SRHR defenders in Poland, we call on the Polish government to urgently reform the law to legalise & decriminalise abortion.
30 years ago, the EU adopted a law to ensure high safety & quality standards for all medicines.
The Pharma Directive revision is an opportunity to remove the outdated exception that treats women's health medicines differently, strengthening #WomensHealth and ensuring equal standards under EU law.
The Pharma Directive revision is an opportunity to remove the outdated exception that treats women's health medicines differently, strengthening #WomensHealth and ensuring equal standards under EU law.
Statement by Commissioner Várhelyi ahead of the 30th anniversary of EU medicines approval
Medicines are essential for strong health systems. This is why, thirty years ago, the European Union took a decisive step to strengthen public health, support innovation and reinforce the competitiven
ec.europa.eu
October 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
30 years ago, the EU adopted a law to ensure high safety & quality standards for all medicines.
The Pharma Directive revision is an opportunity to remove the outdated exception that treats women's health medicines differently, strengthening #WomensHealth and ensuring equal standards under EU law.
The Pharma Directive revision is an opportunity to remove the outdated exception that treats women's health medicines differently, strengthening #WomensHealth and ensuring equal standards under EU law.