Friday, 27 February 2026
By Mose Apelblat
The European Commission gave a positive reply on Thursday to the initiative ‘My Voice, My Choice: For safe and accessible abortion’, which reached about 1.2 million verified signatures last year.
To be successful, a European Citizens' Initiative, which is the EU’s main instrument for participative democracy, must reach one million statements of support as well as minimum thresholds in at least seven Member States.
Federal court orders Health Ministry to publicise a collective constitutional amparo action seeking to guarantee access to abortion.
Feb 27, 2026
Barbara Komarovsky
A dispute over the supply of abortion medication has escalated into a broader constitutional battle over whether Argentina’s government is upholding the country’s 2020 abortion law.
Federal Civil, Commercial and Contentious-Administrative Court No. 2 of La Plata has instructed the government, through the Health Ministry led by Mario Lugones, to publicise a collective amparo – a legal mechanism in Argentina that allows individuals or groups to seek urgent judicial protection of constitutional rights – seeking to guarantee access to abortion.
Continued: https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/collective-amparo-to-guarantee-access-to-abortions.phtml
Professor Amy Adamczyk discusses why where you live can change how you see abortion on “The Thought Project” podcast.
February 26, 2026
Podcast: 46 minutes
Abortion attitudes can look deeply personal, but sociologist Amy Adamczyk’s research suggests they are also powerfully shaped by the places we live.
On this episode of The Thought Project, host Tanya Domi speaks with Adamczyk, a professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center and John Jay College, about her award-winning book Fetal Positions: Understanding the Cross-National Public Opinion About Abortion. Drawing on survey data from over 200,000 people across 88 societies, plus interviews in the United States and China, Adamczyk unpacks why views about abortion vary so widely and why national context, especially religiosity and gender equality, can influence people’s attitudes even when their personal beliefs do not. She also discusses what is shifting in the U.S. after Dobbs, how China’s one-child policy still echoes in public opinion, and what her findings suggest about access, agency, and the future of reproductive rights.
Continued: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/what-shapes-abortion-attitudes-around-world
Countries may need to amend an existing fund to use it to support women who wish to travel to access abortion within the EU.
February 26, 2026
By Claudia Chiappa
BRUSSELS — The European Commission will not set up a new financing scheme to expand abortion access in Europe, rejecting a proposal backed by nearly 1.2 million European citizens.
The Commission, however, said countries could use an existing fund to help women pay for abortion services — something activists behind the campaign described as a “victory.” But first, some countries may need to amend programs covered by this fund.
February 2026
Ari Shaw, Laurel Sprague - Williams Institute
Three new rules from the U.S. State Department—collectively titled Promoting Human Flourishing in Foreign Assistance—impose sweeping new conditions on organizations receiving U.S. foreign aid. This study examines how the rules affect organizations that support transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people around the world.
Continued: https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/global-gag-rule-lgbtqi/
Signed by 105 MEPs, the letter to Ursula von der Leyen calls for a European fund to ensure effective access to reproductive healthcare, a move one million European citizens have requested.
By Vincenzo Genovese
25/02/2026
One hundred and five members of the European Parliament sent a letter on Wednesday to the Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen, asking for a European-funded pathway that ensures real and effective access to abortions.
The letter aims to put pressure on the Commission, the day before the decision on the European Citizens’ Initiative “My Voice, My Choice”, which collected 1,124,513 signatures across all 27 countries and asked to improve access to safe abortion in Europe.
Many girls who conceive shun antenatal care and instead resort to abortion for fear of stigma, parental reaction and community shame.
February 24, 2026
By Alex Ashaba & Yoweri Kaguta
Parents and local leaders in Kasese District have raised alarm over a surge in suspected unsafe abortions following the discovery of about 10 foetuses dumped at garbage sites and in drainage channels across the district.
Feb 24, 2026
Florence Amagiya
The SARACARE Empowerment Foundation (SCAEF) has called for urgent national dialogue and stronger policy attention on abortion, describing it as one of the most neglected issues in Nigeria’s mass media and broader conversations on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
Speaking during its TAPESTRY advocacy training held on February 7, 2026, the Foundation highlighted the dangerous consequences of silence, stigma and misinformation surrounding abortion, warning that women’s health and lives remain at significant risk.
24/02/2026
Kerry Cullinan
Ipas aims to prevent 30% of unsafe abortions in 10 countries by 2040.
The US based reproductive rights organisation Ipas has secured a substantial grant from The Audacious Project to expand global access to abortion and contraception.
The full amount has not been disclosed as Ipas is still negotiating with the donor.
Continued: https://healthpolicy-watch.news/boost-for-ipas-to-expand-access-to-safe-abortion/
Anthony Tambwe
Feb 23, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: IN October 2020, a coalition of countries led by the United States under President Donald Trump unveiled the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family.
Though non-binding, the declaration sent a powerful political message…. ‘abortion should not be recognised as an international right and should not be promoted as a method of family planning’.
It reaffirmed national sovereignty over abortion laws and emphasised the inherent dignity of human life.
Continued: https://dailynews.co.tz/the-geneva-consensus-maputo-protocol-and-tanzanias-silent-crisis/
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