Initiative against abortion limits in Latvia collects 10,000 signatures

LETA, Zane Bitere
Nov 3, 2025

Over 10,000 signatures have been collected on the platform "ManaBalss.lv" against the idea of compulsory pre-abortion counselling, allowing the initiative to be submitted to the parliament, LETA reports. The initiative was launched on 17 October.

As reported, MPs of the National Alliance and Latvia First party, Jurgis Klotiņš (National Alliance), Jānis Grasbergs (NA) and Ramona Petraviča (Latvia First), had submitted proposals to amend the Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health, including calling for the introduction of mandatory counselling for women who wish to terminate a pregnancy in Latvia.

Continued: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/04.11.2025-initiative-against-abortion-limits-in-latvia-collects-10000-signatures.a621034/

04.11.2025

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Women's Choice! No to coercive counselling before abortion!

Protest against abortion law amendments in Latvia

Oct 21, 2025
LSM+ English (Latvian Public Media), Madara Līcīte (Latvian Television), Anna Apīne (Latvijas Radio ārštata žurnāliste)

On Tuesday, 21 October, a protest was held in front of the Saeima against the amendments to the Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health, which aim to restrict abortions. The picket was attended mostly by younger people. They held posters calling for the proposed amendments to be rejected.

Around 250 people turned up for the picket. The protesters shouted various slogans. Protesters stressed that the decision to terminate a pregnancy should remain with the woman and that the State should not restrict her right to choose.

Continued: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/22.10.2025-protest-against-abortion-law-amendments-in-latvia.a619310/

21.10.2025

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Jānis Grasbergs

Latvia's Law on Sexual and Reproductive Health

LATVIA – Ombudswoman warns that mandatory consultations before abortion would restrict women’s rights

October 20, 2025

The proposal to introduce mandatory consultations for women who wish to terminate a pregnancy raises serious human rights concerns, according to Ombudswoman Karina Palkova.

Through the Office of the Ombudsman, Palkova told LETA that although the initiative is presented as a measure of “support” and “protection of unborn life,” in reality, it affects women’s rights to autonomy, self-determination, and private and family life, and may amount to an indirect coercive mechanism that disproportionately restricts women’s freedom of choice.

Continued: https://bnn-news.com/ombudswoman-warns-that-mandatory-consultations-before-abortion-would-restrict-womens-rights-273276

20.10.2025

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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

European Court of Human Rights

Karina Palkova

Latvia Office of the Ombudsman

Abortion among under-age girls has significantly decreased since 2010

Aug 10, 2025

RIGA - The number of abortions among under-age girls in Latvia has significantly decreased since 2010, according to information compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau.

In 2023, a total of 4,611 abortions will be registered in Latvia, including 2,700 induced abortions. Since 2010, the number of abortions has decreased significantly - 10,820 abortions were registered in the country then, 5,009 in 2022 and 4,611 in 2023. Correspondingly, the number of induced abortions has also decreased sharply - from 7,443 abortions in 2010 to 2,700 such manipulations in 2023.

Continued: https://www.baltictimes.com/abortion_among_under-age_girls_has_significantly_decreased_since_2010/

10.08.2025

‘Necessary to Disobey Harmful Laws’: These ‘Abortion Pirates’ Want Equal Access to Abortion Pills Worldwide

A colorful crowd of doctors, researchers and women’s activists convened in the Latvian capital to explore ways to use pills to circumvent anti-abortion laws.

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS
11/26/2022

RIGA, Latvia — For two sunny, crisp autumn days in mid-September, Riga’s Stradiņš University felt like the epicenter of a self-styled global civil rights movement: to give every person, in every culture or country, regardless of laws, access to abortion pills.

In the hallways, women pored over posters showing the latest research on the effectiveness of abortion pills and other developments in abortion and contraception care. Representatives from pharmaceutical companies enthusiastically pitched their medications and products to doctors sipping coffee and tea during a break between panels. There were graphic novels about an at-home medical abortion and T-shirts printed with women’s self-stated reasons for ending a pregnancy; there were slogans printed on T-shirts like “Make Abortion Legal Again” and a video promoting abortion rights to the tune of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.”

Continued: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/11/26/global-abortion-rights-movement-latvia-00069224

26.11.2022

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Abortion Support Network

Abortion Without Borders

Family Planning Advisory Service

National Network of Abortion Funds

Plan C

Rebecca Gomperts

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Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project

Council of Europe warns on backlash to abortion access

Council of Europe warns on backlash to abortion access

By Caterina Tani
BRUSSELS, Dec 6, 2017

A backlash against access to abortion in some EU member states in the past few years is "deeply troubling", the Council of Europe warned on Tuesday (5 December).

In the majority of EU countries abortions are legal, but in some states a wave of "retrogressive restrictions" are threatening women's health and well-being, the European human rights organisation's report said.

Continued at source: https://euobserver.com/health/140158