Europe: Abortion Curbs Endanger Women, Girls in Pandemic

Expand One of the gender-based impacts of COVID-19 is the creation of further barriers to abortion healthcare for girls and women. Concerns about access to legal abortion and reproductive health rights, are among the issues highlighted by Women's Day marches, such as the one pictured here in Warsaw, Poland on March 8, 2020, where the Polish government is proposing even more draconian restrictions that would effectively ban abortion. © 2020 Sipa USA via AP (Brussels) – European governments should urgently guarantee safe and timely access to abortion care for women and girls in the region during…

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