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Sexual and reproductive rights

Abortion is healthcare and a human right. It has been 3 years since the decriminalisation of abortion in Northern Ireland- but commissioned abortion services are still not established.

Abortion rights are respected in law but not fully in practice. Our fight continues.

Abortion rights are respected in law but not fully in practice. Our fight continues.

Abortion Rights

Briefing: Abortion Rights Submission to the Health and Sport Committee, Scotland (December 2023)

Our response to the 2023 Scottish Consultation on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill

USA: Social media companies' removal of abortion-related content may hinder access to abortion care - New Research

Since overturning of Roe v Wade, social media companies including Instagram and TikTok have restricted information on abortion access

Northern Ireland: Four years on from decriminalisation abortion access 'a right but not reality' - new report

Obstacles include sporadic, under-resourced and understaffed services; conscience-based refusals, misinformation as well as pervasive stigma 

Global: People defending abortion rights are being 'stigmatised, abused, discriminated against, even killed' - major new report

Estimated 35 million unsafe abortions every year

USA: 'Victory' for abortion rights in Ohio must lead to meaningful access

No-one should ever be forced to carry a pregnancy against their will.

Malta: Government's backtrack on abortion bill will endanger lives

Parliament partially decriminalises abortion  

Poland: Conviction of abortion activist is 'depressing low' for reproductive rights

Justyna Wydrzyńska sentenced to eight months’ community service for assisting pregnant women in obtaining abortion pills

Poland: Prosecuting activist accused of aiding abortion 'sets a dangerous precedent'

Justyna Wydrzyńska faces up to three years in prison for supporting a pregnant woman who needed a safe abortion
Open letter

Open letter to Northern Ireland Secretary of State

Read our open letter to the Secretary of State, signed by Olivia Colemanm various artists, health professionals and grassroots campaigners calling to establish abortion healthcare without delay in the region.

Poland: Hearing of activist accused of aiding an abortion scheduled for tomorrow

First case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills

Northern Ireland: Westminster steps in to deliver abortion services

Amnesty International UK and Informing Choices NI have today welcomed news that the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has today (19 May) taken further legislative steps to ensure abortion services are commissioned for women and girls in Northern Ireland.
USA

USA: Supreme Court abortion ruling would be 'massive blow' to gender rights

Response to a leaked draft ruling showing that the US Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights.

Poland: Charges against activist accused of aiding an abortion must be dropped

First case in Europe of an activist being prosecuted for aiding an abortion by providing pills 

Paraguay: Draconian abortion laws and failure to tackle child sex abuse forces girls as young as ten to carry out pregnancies - new report

Paraguay continues to have some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the Americas

Czech Republic: Justice for Roma women 'coerced' into sterilisation

Czech women forcibly sterilised between 1966 and 2012 to receive reparation

Northern Ireland: Secretary of State directs health department to commission abortion services

Full abortion services must be available in Northern Ireland no later than 31 March 2022

China: three-child policy does not 'respect' people's life choices

China should respect people’s life choices and end any invasive and punitive controls over people’s family planning decisions.

Northern Ireland Abortion: Failure to commission services heads to court

Amnesty International and Informing Choices NI join the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission challenge on the lack of commissioning abortion services in the region