Malta – Protest on abortion rights set to take place on September 27

The Voice for Choice coalition says abortion is a matter of healthcare and bodily autonomy, urging people to join a march in Valletta this month

20 September 2025
by Juliana Zammit

Several organisations will protest in Valletta next week as part of this year’s Abortion Rights March Rally on September 27, in front of the Law Courts at 10am.

“Abortion is not a crime. It is a matter of healthcare and of bodily autonomy,” the coalition said, adding that the government is failing pregnant people by refusing to decriminalise abortion.

Continued: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/137148/protest_on_abortion_rights_set_to_take_place_on_september_127

Peruvians take to the streets to demand abortion rights

Ben Radford
September 30, 2024

Thousands rallied across Peru for International Safe Abortion Day on September 28, demanding the right to safe, accessible abortions. Hundreds marched through the capital, Lima, under the banner of “The Right to Decide”.

Abortion is illegal in Peru, even in cases of rape. While abortion is technically allowed in cases where the pregnant person’s health or life is at risk, in practice it is difficult to access a safe abortion.

Continued: https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/peruvians-take-streets-demand-abortion-rights

30.09.2024

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Hundreds rally in the streets of Paris to support world abortion rights

Hundreds of people have marched in Paris in support of the right to abortion for women across the world

By DIANE JEANTET, Associated Press
September 28, 2024

PARIS -- Hundreds of people came out in Paris on Saturday, marching in support of the right to abortion for women across the world, just six months after France became the first country to guarantee in its constitution a woman's right to voluntarily terminate a pregnancy.

The protest, organized by civil society groups to mark International Safe Abortion Day, also called for greater and easier access to abortion in France, denouncing budget cuts, staff reductions and the closure of abortion centers and maternity wards, which organizers say all contribute to penalizing women.

Continued: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/hundreds-rally-streets-paris-support-world-abortion-rights-114317884

28.09.2024

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Abortion Rights protest stands firm against bigots’ march in London

‘Go away march of spite, health care is a human right’ chanted protesters

Socialist Worker
7 September 2024

Up to 400 people joined a pro-choice protest in parliament square on Saturday to confront the bigots’ annual March for Life.

The crowd chanted, “When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back,” and, “Go away march of spite, health care is a human right.”

Continued: https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/abortion-rights-protest-stands-firm-against-bigots-march-in-london/

07.09.2024

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Hundreds March in Puerto Rico in Defense of Abortion Rights

By: Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco
MAY 31, 2022

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A green wave of pro-choice demonstrators washed over Old San Juan on Saturday, May 28 —the International Day of Action for Women’s Health— to demand abortion rights be protected in the face of legislative attacks.

Following a leaked draft ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that signaled it was moving to overturn Roe v. Wade, and a push to limit abortion at 22 weeks by the Puerto Rico Life and Family Commission with Senate Project 693 (PS 693), pro-choice activists gathered in front of the Jose V. Toledo Courthouse in Old San Juan for a “Marea Verde por el Derecho a Decidir” (Green Wave for the Right to Decide) to protest against the assault on reproductive rights.

Continued: https://www.latinorebels.com/2022/05/31/prabortionmarch/

Thousands march in El Salvador to demand abortion rights

06/03/2022

San Salvador (AFP) – Around 2,000 women marched in El Salvador's capital on Sunday to demand the legalization of abortion and a decrease in the killings of women in the Central American country.

With slogans such as "It's my body, abortion is my right," "No more patriarchal violence" and "Women are strong and together we take care of ourselves," they demonstrated in San Salvador wearing purple or green scarves around their necks in anticipation of International Women's Day on March 8.

Continued: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220306-thousands-march-in-el-salvador-to-demand-abortion-rights

06.03.2022

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El Salvador women march against abortion laws amid planned Latin America-wide protests

Sep 28, 2021
By Ana Isabel Martinez and Gerardo Arbaiza

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Scores of people in El Salvador waved green flags and marched through the capital San Salvador en route to Congress to demand loosening of the country’s “strict” abortion laws, with similar protests planned across Latin American cities.

Holding up banners saying “it’s our right to decide” and “legal abortion, safe and free,” the mostly-women protesters met as part of the “International Safe Abortion Day” being marked around the globe.

Continued: https://whbl.com/2021/09/28/el-salvador-women-march-against-abortion-laws-amid-planned-latin-america-wide-protests/

28.09.2021

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Mexican Activists Take to Streets to Demand Safe, Legal Abortions

Mexican Activists Take to Streets to Demand Safe, Legal Abortions

By Reuters
September 29, 2019

MEXICO CITY - Mexican activists took to the streets in large cities Saturday to demand safe and legal abortions, many wearing green bandanas that have become a symbol with the abortion rights movement in Latin America.

The protests on International Safe Abortion Day come after the Mexican state of Oaxaca on Wednesday approved a bill to legalize abortion, making it only the second region after Mexico City to permit the procedure.

Continued: https://www.voanews.com/americas/mexican-activists-take-streets-demand-safe-legal-abortions

Ireland – Abortion campaigners protest ‘restrictions’ in legislation

Abortion campaigners protest ‘restrictions’ in legislation
Hundreds march through Dublin and call for introduction of safe zones around facilities

Sep 28, 2019
Shauna Bowers

Abortion rights activists marched through Dublin on Saturday to protest against the “restrictions” in the Ireland’s abortion legislation.

The theme of the 8th annual march, which was the first since Ireland legalised abortion in December last year, was “nobody left behind”.

Continued: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/abortion-campaigners-protest-restrictions-in-legislation-1.4034103

Hundreds join abortion rights rally in Dublin

Hundreds join abortion rights rally in Dublin

Saturday, 28 Sep 2019

Hundreds of people have taken part in an abortion rights march in Dublin.

Campaigners want the amount of time women must wait for a termination reduced.

At present women must wait for three days after a doctor certifies they are no more than 12 weeks' pregnant - characterised by the Government as a "cooling off" period.

Continued: https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2019/0928/1078837-abortion-march-in-dublin/

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