Safe Abortion

Safe Abortion In Nepal
A poster for abortion rights in Nepal, showing a woman sitting with her legs pulled close to her chest. There is abortion-related information written beside her in hindi.

Whenever I represent Nepal as a youth delegate in any conference or workshop, I always share the great achievement Nepal’s government made in women’s health, i.e. legalising abortion. For many years, women in Nepal had experienced strictest abortion laws in the world.

By Curated Content
April 10, 2014
Safe Abortion In Nepal
Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted To Know About Abortion
A diagram of the female reproductive organs against a blue backdrop

Founded in 2007, the Museum for Contraception and Abortion, in Vienna, Austria, is the world’s most thorough collection of the different methods and objects humans have used to prevent the birth of other humans.

By Curated Content
April 10, 2014
Everything You Didn’t Know You Wanted To Know About Abortion
Life After Loss
Black-and-white photo of a chinese mother with her child

China’s family-planning policy was first introduced in the late 1970s to rein in the surging population by limiting most urban couples to one child and most rural couples to two children, if the first child born was a girl.

By Curated Content
April 10, 2014
Life After Loss
Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away
Photo of a card that shows a picture of a woman in the corner and information on abortion written in urdu text

Every year more than 15,000 women die because of post partum haemorrhage and every day 10 women die because of unsafe abortion in Pakistan. If you know a woman who does not have access to hospital at the time of delivery or who wants to access safe abortion, then contact on the number provided.

By Saba Ismail
April 1, 2014
Review: No More Deaths Because of Unsafe Abortion – Information is Just a Call Away
Women on Waves – Ship Campaigns
Photo of a ship sailing on the ocean

Women on Waves sails to countries where abortion is illegal, at the invitation of local women’s organisations.

By Women on Waves
April 1, 2014
Women on Waves – Ship Campaigns
गर्भपात, एक नारीवादी मुद्दा – फैसला कौन करता है, और क्या?
Silhouette of a woman walking on an abandoned road

गर्भपात और मादा भ्रूण के चयनात्मक गर्भपात के बीच का जटिल संबंध, एक दुविधा है, जिससे भारतीय महिला आंदोलन सन् 1980 के अंतिम वर्षों से जूझ रहा है।

By Curated Content
April 1, 2014
गर्भपात, एक नारीवादी मुद्दा – फैसला कौन करता है, और क्या?
Campaign for Safe Abortion in Sri Lanka
A woman from Sri Lanka holding up a placard which has information on why abortion should be legal

In Sri Lanka, abortion is only permitted in cases where pregnancy or childbirth is life-threatening for the woman. Nevertheless the number of reported daily abortions taking place in Sri Lanka is more than 750.

By Sarah Soysa
April 1, 2014
Campaign for Safe Abortion in Sri Lanka
Safe Abortion Now
A woman holding up a placard which talking about why abortion should be legal in Indonesia

Stencil art on the streets of Yogyakarta to voice rights to safe abortion for women in Indonesia.

By Tia Setiyani
April 1, 2014
Safe Abortion Now
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road
Poster of 'Revolutionary Road', which shows actors Leonardo Di Caprio and Kate Winslet leaning their heads against each other

To their neighbours, as to themselves, Frank and April Wheeler are ‘special’.

By Asilata Karandikar
April 1, 2014
Reel Review – Revolutionary Road
Interview: Suchitra Dalvie
Photo of safe abortion advocate Suchitra Dalvie. She is standing near a podium, holding up a mic. She is wearing a black kurta and a pink scarf around her neck.

Dr Suchitra Dalvie best known for her strong pro-choice views and her unflinching support for safe abortion, is also a blogger and a book lover, with deep insights into feminism and women’s rights.

By Shweta Krishnan
April 1, 2014
Interview: Suchitra Dalvie
Options Not Choices
Photo of abortion activist Rola Yasmine. She has shoulder-length brown hair and fair skin. She is wearing a casual shirt.

To write about safe abortion, I picture what the best-case scenario is for someone seeking a safe abortion in Lebanon.

By Rola Yasmine
April 1, 2014
Options Not Choices
Making Abortion Safer
Photo of a candlelight vigil, showing a gathering of people coming together to write the name 'Savita' using candles

India has a very liberal abortion law on paper. Compared with global standards, the Indian law that governs abortions, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, allows for abortion for a broad range of indications, making it a very progressive law that has been around for more than four decades. But how many of us really know this?

By Medha Gandhi
April 1, 2014
Making Abortion Safer
From Unwanted Pregnancy to Safe Abortion
Illustration of a woman inside her house, door half-shut, while four more women of various ages stand outside.
April 1, 2014
From Unwanted Pregnancy to Safe Abortion
The Editorial: Safe Abortion
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This month we bring a range of contributions on the issue of Safe Abortion from activists working at the grassroots for the sexual and reproductive rights of women to have access to safe abortion.

By TARSHI
April 1, 2014
The Editorial: Safe Abortion