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Why I work on reproductive justice in NigeriaΒ  - Safe Abortion Action Fund I believe every person has the right to live free from violence, and shame, and to make informed choices about their body and future.

"I believe every person has the right to live free from violence, and shame, and to make informed choices about their body and future." πŸ’œ

saafund.org/why-i-work-o... #Repro #Reprosky

06.08.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why I work on reproductive justice in NigeriaΒ  - Safe Abortion Action Fund I believe every person has the right to live free from violence, and shame, and to make informed choices about their body and future.

"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."

saafund.org/why-i-work-o...

06.08.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did you know that six in ten abortion seekers in the United States are already parents?

They know precisely what it takes to raise a child.

05.08.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Faith, Law, and Denial: The Silent Deaths of Malawi’s Women Behind the bustling streets of Blantyre, beyond the high walls of religious institutions, and beneath the weight of a legal system that refuses to evolve, a devastating reality unfolds. Malawi’s re…

"Malawi’s restrictive abortion laws are not just outdated statutes; they are death sentences."

www.capitalradiomalawi.com/2025/03/28/f...

04.08.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Are We Celebrating? Pan-African Women’s Day Amid Reproductive InjusticeΒ  - Safe Abortion Action Fund Women are dying from unsafe abortions not because we lack the tools to save them, but because we lack the political will to trust them.

"Women are dying from unsafe abortions not because we lack the tools to save them, but because we lack the political will to trust them." πŸ‘‡

saafund.org/african-wome... #ReproSky #AbortionIsHealthcare

31.07.2025 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Voice for Choice Coalition has called for the decriminalisation of abortion as it condemned the court’s judgement of a woman who had terminated her pregnancy.
www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

31.07.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hidalgo: Preocupa a colectivo desabasto de medicamentos para aborto legalΒ  - El Sol de Hidalgo | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre MΓ©xico, Hidalgo y el Mundo Di Ramona recordΓ³ que la ILE, es un derecho constitucional, por lo que el estado debe garantizar los insumos mΓ©dicos para su realizaciΓ³n

SAAF grantee partner Di Ramona demands provision of abortion medications in Mexico:

"Abortion is a time-dependent service; in cases of sexual violence, access to it is a medical emergency that cannot be denied or postponed."

oem.com.mx/elsoldehidal...

31.07.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What Are We Celebrating? Pan-African Women’s Day Amid Reproductive InjusticeΒ  - Safe Abortion Action Fund Women are dying from unsafe abortions not because we lack the tools to save them, but because we lack the political will to trust them.

"On this #PanAfricanWomensDay we must call for the decriminalisation of abortion, and investment in maternal health systems that put dignity, access and care at the centre."

Read more from new SAAF grantee partner Africa Center for Health Systems and Gender Justice πŸ‘‡

saafund.org/african-wome...

31.07.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Doctors Warn That Abortion Sentence Risks The Lives Of Women In Malta Doctors For Choice has warned that the suspended sentence handed to a woman who had an abortion puts the lives of women who can get pregnant

A woman has been sentenced to prison in Malta for buying abortion medication online.

The country only allows for abortion when the pregnant person's life is at risk:

lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/he...

30.07.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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History-based screening accurately identifies eligibility for medication abortion A new study finds that patient-reported screening methods are highly effective for determining medication abortion eligibility.

"Abortion patients can accurately report gestational duration without ultrasound or physical examination."

New study from the US: www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/history...

29.07.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Generation Erased Before Birth: Israel Continues Biological Genocide in Gaza Israeli violations against civilians in the Gaza Strip have reached unprecedented and harrowing levels, affecting the most vulnerable groups, particularly pregnant women and newborns. Women have been ...

"The severe starvation policy imposed on the Gaza Strip has a severe impact on the health of pregnant women and their fetuses."

pchrgaza.org/generation-e...

28.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Safe Abortion Access Fund provides funding to organisations delivering abortion advocacy work and those supporting access to safe abortion. Learn about their important work, and the impact on grantee partners here: saafund.org/saaf-is-not-...

26.07.2025 11:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The high abortion rate is not due to carelessness. Quite ... The latest stats reveal that women, having agency to make informed decisions, take the prospect of motherhood very seriously

New abortion statistics from England and Wales "reveal that women, having agency to make informed decisions, take the prospect of motherhood very seriously."

observer.co.uk/news/columni...

28.07.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSAAF is not just a donor but a catalyst for change." - Safe Abortion Action Fund We share the results from an external evaluation of SAAF's funding of organisations committed to safe abortion access.

β€œSAAF did not impose on us, but they believed in our work and supported us without dictating." πŸ’œ

Thanks to all our grantee partners who provided insights for an independent evaluation of our grant-making:

saafund.org/saaf-is-not-...

22.07.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At NΓ¨gΓ¨s Mawon’s 8th festival, women question their absence in Haiti's power structure | PHOTOS The 8th edition of the NΓ¨gΓ¨s Mawon feminist festival, held from July 17 to 19, uses art and dialogue to emphasize women’s rights, power and political involvement in Haiti, amidst ongoing national deba...

β€œThe form of governance in Haiti does not at all reflect the vision of society upheld by feminists...Insecurity has invaded even the most intimate spaces of womenβ€”their own bodies.”

SAAF grantee partner Nègès Mawon in Haiti: haitiantimes.com/2025/07/19/w...

23.07.2025 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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End the silence around abortion This is not about promoting abortion. It is about confronting a public health emergency...

"We need clear compassionate laws that do not criminalise women for making difficult decisions but instead offer them safety, counselling and support." πŸ‘

SAAF grantee partner @familymedicalpoint.bsky.social in Uganda πŸ‘‡

www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/...

23.07.2025 07:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSAAF is not just a donor but a catalyst for change." - Safe Abortion Action Fund We share the results from an external evaluation of SAAF's funding of organisations committed to safe abortion access.

β€œSAAF did not impose on us, but they believed in our work and supported us without dictating." πŸ’œ

Thanks to all our grantee partners who provided insights for an independent evaluation of our grant-making:

saafund.org/saaf-is-not-...

22.07.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Two people with long curly hair look at a phone together

Meet the new SAAF grantee partners! 🌎

We are now #funding 98 organisations around the world to work on improving access to safe #abortion services and information:

mailchi.mp/saafund.org/...

πŸ“Έ New SAAF grantee partner HERA in North Macedonia

15.07.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ACORCA Small Grants ProgrammeAfrican Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion African Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion

Africa Coalition for Research & Communication on Abortion (ACORCA) Small Grants Programme for early-career scholars advancing abortion research in Africa.

Deadline 20 July:

acorca-coarca.org/spip.php?pag...

03.07.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We have over 100 studies that prove that abortion pills, including mifepristone, are extremely safe.

We can’t stand by as anti-abortion groups continue to undermine established science.

13.07.2025 16:29 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good news from the UK!

07.07.2025 08:19 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œI would love to see people have the right to safe abortion.”  - Safe Abortion Action Fund If I heard about someone having an abortion I used to judge her for committing a sin. But now I understand it’s normal.

"I would love for the community to totally change on abortion. To accept the need for safe #abortion, and to support a legal reform. Malawi would be a better place to live."

Kattie - Actor trained by CSJ News in Malawi:

saafund.org/i-would-love...

04.07.2025 07:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe current abortion law is not giving a chance to women.”  - Safe Abortion Action Fund If a woman wants to have an abortion she will find a way. Here in Malawi, most will resort to backstreet abortions which endanger their lives.

"Little by little, I believe people are changing. I was one of those who believed #abortion was a sin...We have been guilty of painting an unrealistic picture of abortion."

Francis - Journalist trained by CSJ News in Malawi:

saafund.org/the-current-...

04.07.2025 07:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAbortion is a class issue in Malawi.”  - Safe Abortion Action Fund Everybody thought that abortion is completely illegal in Malawi. A big part of our work is educating people about the law and their rights.

"Abortion is a class issue in Malawi. The rich access the services in private clinics but the poor cannot...most of them end up injuring themselves because they fear if they go to the hospital they may be jailed."

Brian - Director of CSJ News

saafund.org/abortion-is-... #Repro #ReproSky #Abortion

03.07.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAbortion law reform is long overdue in Malawi.”  - Safe Abortion Action Fund No girl should die because of unsafe abortion.Β I want to see the bill passed to expand the legal right to safe abortion for more people.

"Abortion reform is long overdue in Malawi...I’ve attended three funerals of girls who lost their lives because of clandestine abortions."

Penelope - Programmes Director of CSJ News

saafund.org/abortion-law... #AbortionIsHealthcare #ReproSky #Abortion

03.07.2025 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A young woman holds a sign which reads My Body My Choice.

A young woman holds a sign which reads My Body My Choice.

Very excited to be sharing some new stories from SAAF grantee partner CSJ News in Malawi ✨

A bill to expand legal abortion access in the country was first drafted in 2015 but has still not been debated...

More on our website in English, French and Spanish:

saafund.org/organisation...

03.07.2025 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ACORCA Small Grants ProgrammeAfrican Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion African Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion

Africa Coalition for Research & Communication on Abortion (ACORCA) Small Grants Programme for early-career scholars advancing abortion research in Africa.

Deadline 20 July:

acorca-coarca.org/spip.php?pag...

03.07.2025 08:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unsafe Abortion in Ghana: A Risky Reality for Young Girls | Ghana News Agency By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey Accra, June 27. GNA – Giving birth as a teenager, especially in a deprived community like James Town, a densely populated suburb of…

OK these misleading and hugely stigmatizing images used by news outlets to illustrate abortion have GOT TO GO! πŸ™„πŸ—‘οΈπŸš―

gna.org.gh/2025/06/unsa...

02.07.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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COHERINET engaging with students of Keyo SS in AMURU district under the BREAK IT UP project discussing the challenges of unsafe abortion. @safeabortion.bsky.social @amplifychange.org #safeabortion #herbodyherchoice

27.06.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Rio de Janeiro law requires public hospitals to display anti-abortion signs Opponents view the controversial act as part of a growing trend across Brazil to further restrict abortion access

Read an article about this in English: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

25.06.2025 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@safeabortion is following 20 prominent accounts