Nika Kovač's "My Voice, My Choice" pushed the EU to advance reproductive rights, expanding access to safe abortion for millions.
March 6, 2026
Nika Kovač was sitting in a university classroom in New York City as an Obama Scholar when the US Supreme Court decision leaked in the press in May 2022: American women would lose the right to an abortion nationally, and it would be up to each state to legislate access.
“It was the first time that I saw very practically how something that is taken for granted can be taken away in a moment,” said Kovač, a reproductive rights advocate from Slovenia.
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