Abortion of Pregnancy

More reports about rapes by the Russian army against the Ukrainian girls and women who are arriving in Slovakia have been exposed. In the meantime, the Slovak parliament is discussing proposals on banning abortion for women without permanent residency. This cynical targeting of Ukrainian girls and women is disturbing, says Denisa Nešťáková.

On the occasion of International Safe Abortion Day Dinah Riese interviewes Alicia Baier and Sophie G. about how they support pregnant people worldwide with drug abortion.

Section 218 has been a topic of intense political debate ever since it was first incorporated in the Criminal Code of the German Empire on 15 May 1871. It has always been one of the most controversial paragraphs in German law, both legally and socially. In 1995, a compromise solution was found, but since then nothing more has changed. To find out why that is so, and work out what can be done about it, it’s worth taking a look back at the history of Section 218.

The “marea verde” – the “green tide” – has spread across the whole of Latin America. Can it make waves in Germany too?

Feminist movements that focus exclusively on abortion rights primarily represent the perspective of white, privileged women. Reproductive justice goes further, combining reproductive rights with social justice.

8 March is International Women’s Day. Dr Ruby Lai shares her viewpoints on abortion and reproductive rights in Hong Kong and East Asia. 

This is not just ‘Poland being Poland’. These actions are illegal, inhumane and could spread across Europe – and this is just the beginning.