June 11, 2026
A new report released today by Women on Web (WoW) and Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) documents evidence of the blocking of Women on Web domains across at least seven countries, which is an increase from three countries where blockages were documented in 2019. The findings of the report show that internet censorship is increasingly being used to restrict access to abortion information and care online.
Abortion Access Denied: Investigating the Global Censorship of Women on Web analyzes OONI network measurement data collected between November 2025 and April 2026. OONI documented evidence of blockages in Iran, Türkiye, the Philippines, South Korea, Spain, Kuwait and Argentina. The report also documents corporate firewall blocking affecting access to Women on Web domains in Poland, Kenya, Pakistan, and Georgia. Researchers observed a range of censorship techniques, including DNS tampering, TLS interference, injected block pages, connection resets, and IP blocking to impede internet users from accessing Women on Web’s sites.