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Amnesty International on Thursday raised concern over existing barriers to abortion access compounded by alarming attempts to roll back reproductive rights in Europe.
The warning came in a comprehensive new report, “When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe,” which analyzed abortion care and access in 40 countries. The document revealed that despite progressive legal reforms, a “disturbing array” of administrative, social, and practical barriers, combined with a well-resourced opposition movement, has undermined access to abortions across the continent. Amnesty also called for the decriminalization of abortion, which remains a criminal offense for patients in at least 20 European countries.
Reproductive rights advocates and a “transnational anti-gender movement” are engaged in a concerted struggle over bodily autonomy. The European Parliamentary Forum’s European Abortion Policy Atlas and the Center for Reproductive Rights’ World Abortion Laws Map detail a fragmented legal landscape, and while countries like France have recently moved to constitutionally enshrine abortion rights, regressive policies counterbalance progressive ones in Europe and globally.
Amnesty’s report detailed key barriers, including prohibitive costs in countries like Germany and Austria, where public health systems do not fully cover abortions. Official health policy documents, such as those from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health, outline a current legal and insurance framework that often financially burdens individuals. Furthermore, conscientious objection in nations like Italy and Croatia have created “access deserts”–a phenomenon documented by the World Health Organization.
Monica Costa Riba, Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner on Women’s Rights, stated:
The report exposed a continent at a crossroads, where reproductive freedom is now challenged by a powerful and organized reactionary movement. Recent constitutional amendments in Slovakia, traceable through the Slovak National Council’s legislative portal, and new barriers in Hungary, demonstrate the potent influence of these anti-reproductive rights groups.
Even though international human rights bodies have consistently affirmed that access to safe abortion is a human right, national governments are the primary protectors that right. Success or failure of legislative attempts to further restrict abortion access remains to be seen.
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The warning came in a comprehensive new report, “When rights aren’t real for all: The struggle for abortion access in Europe,” which analyzed abortion care and access in 40 countries. The document revealed that despite progressive legal reforms, a “disturbing array” of administrative, social, and practical barriers, combined with a well-resourced opposition movement, has undermined access to abortions across the continent. Amnesty also called for the decriminalization of abortion, which remains a criminal offense for patients in at least 20 European countries.
Reproductive rights advocates and a “transnational anti-gender movement” are engaged in a concerted struggle over bodily autonomy. The European Parliamentary Forum’s European Abortion Policy Atlas and the Center for Reproductive Rights’ World Abortion Laws Map detail a fragmented legal landscape, and while countries like France have recently moved to constitutionally enshrine abortion rights, regressive policies counterbalance progressive ones in Europe and globally.
Amnesty’s report detailed key barriers, including prohibitive costs in countries like Germany and Austria, where public health systems do not fully cover abortions. Official health policy documents, such as those from Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health, outline a current legal and insurance framework that often financially burdens individuals. Furthermore, conscientious objection in nations like Italy and Croatia have created “access deserts”–a phenomenon documented by the World Health Organization.
Monica Costa Riba, Amnesty International’s Senior Campaigner on Women’s Rights, stated:
Rights experts held European governments responsible for failing their duty to guarantee access to essential healthcare as required by international human rights law, including the Council of Europe’s Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine (Oviedo Convention) and court interpretations of the European Convention on Human Rights.
The report exposed a continent at a crossroads, where reproductive freedom is now challenged by a powerful and organized reactionary movement. Recent constitutional amendments in Slovakia, traceable through the Slovak National Council’s legislative portal, and new barriers in Hungary, demonstrate the potent influence of these anti-reproductive rights groups.
Even though international human rights bodies have consistently affirmed that access to safe abortion is a human right, national governments are the primary protectors that right. Success or failure of legislative attempts to further restrict abortion access remains to be seen.
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