#abortion without borders

[queeranarchism]

Abortion Without Borders

Abortion Without Borders provides information, practical support and funding to people in Poland who need abortions.

Sorry about sharing two donation posts in 24 hours. If you don’t have anything to give that is fine. However, if you do wanna put some money into safe access to abortion, an amazing organization is Abortion Without Borders.

This is a small group of people that organizes international travel, safe access to abortion and support for people who live in countries where abortion is criminalized. Much of their work focuses on Poland, where they have helped 34.000 people access abortion in 2021.

Want to get involved locally? Abortion without Borders works with:

Abortion Support Network (Uk)

Aborcyjny Dream Team (Poland)

Kobiety w Sieci (Poland)

Ciocia Basia (Germany)

Abortion Network Amsterdam (Netherlands)

WHW (international)

[rapeculturerealities]

More than 30,000 Polish women sought illegal or foreign abortions since law change last year

Tens of thousands have travelled to other European countries including England for legal terminations since near-total ban, campaigners say

At least 34,000 women in Poland are known to have sought abortions illegally or abroad since the country introduced a near total ban on terminations a year ago.

According to Abortion Without Borders (AWB), an organisation that helps women access safe abortion services, more than 1,000 Polish women have sought second-trimester abortions in foreign clinics since the country passed draconian new laws.

AWB said its figures are likely to just be a snapshot of the true number of Polish women seeking illegal or foreign abortions in the past year. NGOs have estimated that 80 to 200,000 women a year sought illegal abortions under Poland’s old abortion laws, which still tightly restricted the conditions under which women could seek terminations.

read more

[sfaira]

The sentence was published. Polish women have to give birth to deformed, undeveloped and dying fetuses.  Please share so it can reach more Poles!

 Jeśli jesteś w Polsce rozważ wydrukowanie i wieszanie w swojej miejscowości plakatów czy wlepek z kontaktem do Aborcji bez Granic!

[thoughtlessarse]

Belgium said it would be the first country in the world to fund abortions for Polish women after a near-total ban came into effect at the st

The Belgian government announced it would become the first country in the world to fund abortions for Polish women after a near-total ban came into effect at the start of this year.

Detailing the initiative, Belgium’s State Secretary for Gender Equality Sarah Schlitz said the government would donate €10,000 to Abortion Without Borders (Aborcja Bez Granic), an organisation which supports and advises Polish women on how to obtain an abortion abroad if needed.

“Access to abortion is a fundamental right that must be ensured by every democratic state,” Ms. Schlitz said. “It allows women to own their own bodies, protect their health, and not be forced to give up life opportunities.”

The funds are intended to cover Polish women’s trip to Belgium or any other European country and pay for the procedure.

continue reading

I'm not sure €10,000 will be enough but it's a start. Perhaps abortions should be included in the services covered by the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC).

When I read the headline I imagined thousands of Texan women flocking to Belgium then putting on Polish accents.