'Cuando el Estado falla, las mujeres se organizan: el #aborto en manos de las redes de acompañantes'
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'When the State fails, women organize: #abortion in the hands of escort networks.'

SAAF grantee partners Las Comadres & Las Libres in Rolling Stone En Español 👇
es.rollingstone.com/cuando-el-esta…

This is a great advocacy action - activists present an invoice to the Polish government for all the work they have done to help people access safe abortions which the State has neglected to provide. 🇵🇱

Anyone feeling inspired? 🤔

'🚨 Attention: Honduras is brought before the UN for the first time due to the absolute criminalization of abortion. We ask for justice in the case of an indigenous woman who survived sexual violence and faced forced motherhood.'

All eyes on Poland today as lawmakers discuss bills that could decriminalise and liberalize abortion care!

The Tusk Government must now deliver on their electoral promises. Women are still suffering & seeing their health & dignity ignored.
#StrajkKobiet
bit.ly/3VUe4yF

The Arizona Supreme Court just upheld a 1864 law. When it was written
➡️ Arizona wasn’t even a state.
➡️ The Civil War was still raging.
➡️ Women didn’t have the right to vote.

We cannot and we will not go back.

More bad news coming from the US 🇺🇸

Solidarity with those fighting against these archaic and harmful laws around the world.

🤞🤞🤞

ICYMI, here's some incredible news out of Australia! Though we are seeing regression on reproductive rights in some areas of the world, the global trend is OVERWHELMINGLY positive. We WILL win this fight—in fact, we already are.
womensagenda.com.au/latest/eds-blo…

'Women in England & Wales are already denied agency over our bodies – it’s still technically illegal to have an abortion at any point in pregnancy..in the past 10 years there have been 67 prosecutions, & many more women investigated.' 🇬🇧

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… stellacreasy

Compassionate responses matter. When someone shares their abortion experience, here are three simple, supportive things to say:

1. 'Whatever you're feeling is valid.' Acknowledging their emotions helps validate their experience and fosters empathy.
2. 'You made the right choice…

A history of abortion law reform in the US, looking at the phrase “abortion on demand” Gillian Frank

therevealer.org/abortion-on-de…

“Unsafe abortions remain one of the top causes of maternal mortality and morbidity in Kenya.”

SAAF grantee partner TICAH_KE speaks out against the criminalisation of safe abortion providers in Kenya 🇰🇪

kbc.co.ke/civil-society-…

Check out this fab new media guide for reporting on #abortion from SAAF grantee partner The YP Foundation in collaboration with Feminism in India👇

theypfoundation.org/resources/flip…

People tend to think that abortion rights have been diminishing because the news focuses on the USA, but as Center for Reproductive Rights points out:

60 countries have liberalised their abortion laws over the past 30 years (only 4 have regressed): saafund.org/the-global-abo…

'Advocating for Abortion Rights and Access Across the Mediterranean: Introducing MARA' by hazalatay

Follow MedFeminiswiya Network for more info!

medfeminiswiya.net/2024/03/26/adv…

Solidarity with Polish feminists fighting for the right to #abortion 🇵🇱

Next week, a hearing is due on bills to expand abortion access - the public is in support, but political parties are obstructing 👇

#StrajkKobiet

facebook.com/story.php?stor…

#AlertForPoland #MyVoiceMyChoice

“(Abortion) becomes very expensive for people that are living at the landing site. So, we come to bridge that gap.”

SAAF grantee partner Family Medical Point works to improve access to safe reproductive healthcare for fishing communities in Uganda 🇺🇬

eagle.co.ug/2024/03/12/fam…

🎙 In the last two episodes of the #AbortTheStigma podcast, we focus on the access of #queer and #trans * individuals to abortion services. Episode 5 delves into challenges faced by transmasculine people seeking abortion services.

Listen: surl.li/sffwu

'More than 20 countries across Africa have loosened restrictions on #abortion in recent years, but experts say that many women probably don’t realize they are entitled to a legal abortion.'

apnews.com/article/aborti…

Great opportunity for young people based in Delhi with The YP Foundation 👇