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'Spain moves to enshrine abortion as constitutional right'🙏
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SAAF grantee partner Di Ramona exposes lack of abortion access in Hidalgo, Mexico:
'For five months, Hidalgo has not had access to abortion drugs, says activist'
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🚨 The Trump administration is planning to expand the global gag rule to include US NGOs, UN organisations and foreign governments.
"This would be an insidious encroachment on sovereignty, pressuring governments to change their laws." — Beth Schlachter, MSI Senior Director of US External Relations
"Philanthropy in Europe must wake up. Abortion is not a side issue. It is not someone else’s problem. It is the frontline of the struggle against authoritarianism, misogyny, and the rise of the right. Brave new activism demands brave new funding."
Our very own @maraclarke.bsky.social 👏
“Las acompañantas de aborto no acompañamos abortos, acompañamos decisiones.”
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“Abortion companions don’t accompany abortions, we accompany decisions.”
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"Sometimes we need abortions to survive, but we also need abortions to thrive."
Today is #InternationalSafeAbortionDay!
"Yes, abortion saves lives. It also changes lives.
SAAF stands in solidarity today, and every day, with those who are brave enough to fight for #abortion rights, and our right not just to survive but to thrive."
#28Sep #Sep28 #Sept28 #Repro
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We all deserve to choose if and when we get pregnant.
This means everybody having access to the full range of contraceptive options, as well as safe abortion.
#WorldContraceptionDay #WCD2025 #ReproSky
"Abortion is life-saving, but we shouldn’t have to be dying to access it....
...Sometimes we need an abortion to survive, yes, but we also need abortions to thrive."
New post ahead of #Sep28!
Available in English, French and Spanish 👇
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SAAF grantee partner Di Ramona found that in Mexico, despite decriminalisation:
"Between January and July 2025, 522 investigation files were initiated for the crime of abortion."
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"Kenyan women and girls are increasingly turning to hotlines for guidance on how to safely perform self-managed abortions using medication."
New study with Mama Network:
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The @who.int has launched French, Portuguese, and Spanish editions of the Clinical practice handbook for quality #abortion care - and will hold a webinar on 23rd September 👇
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Positive feminist news! Yes please!
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has recognised care as a human right.
"The court explicitly connected self-care with access to sexual and reproductive health services."
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"Access to abortion is a human rights issue. Full stop." 🙌 @drtlaleng.bsky.social
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Yet another study shows that "self-managed abortion is a process that people can do safely and effectively with community support and without medical supervision."
gatesopenresearch.org/articles/7-4... #ReproSky
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NEW! 🌟
The International Centre for Reproductive Health in Mozambique shares how they increased access to safe abortion and provided thousands of services to women and girls 👇
Available in English, French and Spanish:
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"Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV."
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Meanwhile in Rwanda... #abortionpills #medicationabortion #mifepristone #misoprostol
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"We cannot engage in discussions about safe motherhood while teenage pregnancies and unsafe abortions are prevalent."
SAAF grantee partner CSJ News on the need for safe abortion care in Malawi 👇
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Amazing results from GIWYN in Nigeria! 🤩
Study shows that their training on Self Managed Abortion increased not only people's knowledge of medical abortion but also their support and empathy for those seeking it:
www.giwyn.org/post/knowled... #ReproSky #AbortionIsHealthcare #Abortion
Tamtang has opened their own feminist abortion clinic in Thailand!
SAAF has been funding Tamtang's amazing abortion work since 2020 - we're delighted to share that they just opened their own feminist abortion clinic in Bangkok! 🙌
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Photo of two young women hugging and smiling. Text: Young people in Rwanda no longer require parental consent to access contraception.
In case you missed it! 😍
Positive news from Rwanda, where the government has removed mandatory parental consent for under 18s seeking contraception and other reproductive health care.
Read more from @mdfc-rwanda.bsky.social : saafund.org/rwanda-has-e...
Muslim women's groups argue that Uganda's restrictive abortion law unjustly discriminates against the right to abortion in their faith:
www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePag... #repro
We are so proud to collaborate with @safeabortion.bsky.social on this article!
Thank you to SAAF for amplifying our voice and supporting this important progress!
#TogetherWeMakeBigChange💪🏽
Amazing news! 🤩
"The parliament in Rwanda has lowered the legal age for accessing reproductive health care from 18 to 15 years old.
This means that young people from 15 onwards will no longer require parental consent to get contraception from a medical facility."
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NIGERIA: “Women will continue to seek abortions, whether we legalise it or not — the only difference is whether they live or die. It’s not a moral debate at this point; it’s a public health emergency.”
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The new Penal Code in the Dominican Republic maintains the total criminalization of abortion 👇
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"Almost 400 of the 12,000 family doctors registered in the Netherlands are now qualified to prescribe the abortion pill...
“It makes abortion care easier to access.” 👏
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"I believe every person has the right to live free from violence, and shame, and to make informed choices about their body and future." 💜
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"Choosing to fight for reproductive justice in Nigeria isn’t just a career path. It’s a personal mission driven by deep purpose, unwavering resolve, conviction, compassion and urgency, in a country where the silence around unsafe abortion is costing women their lives."
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