In Europe, 29 out of 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 have had an abortion. Europe is the continent where access to safe and legal abortion is closest to the international health recommendations, but this right is being seriously challenged. Attempts to restrict access remind us that the right to abortion is reversible and remains a recurring topic of controversy and tension across Europe.

Access to abortion varies greatly across the EU. But no country, even in the most permissive ones, recognises women’s control over their bodies in the way that feminist movements have demanded since the 1970s. Legal conditions still constitute an obstacle.

All this has been the object of a thorough analysis by FEPS and partners. Find out more here!
The book ‘Abortion in the EU’ published in cooperation with Karl-Renner-Institut, compares the legal regime of abortion in different EU countries and the effectiveness of the right to access it.

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04/11/2024

A new Gender Equality Contract for Europe

Feminism and progressive politics
26/09/2023

‘Abortion in the EU’ – Country fact sheets

Multispeed access to abortion across member states
05/11/2021

The Right to Abortion: An endless fight to guarantee the freedom to have control of one’s body

Against the backdrop of recent international trends endangering women’s rights, Amandine Clavaud, Director of the […]
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19/01/2024
Vienna, Austria

10th Barbara Prammer Symposium 2024

Democracy without feminism is no democracy
03/10/2023
Vienna, Austria

Supporting rather than criminalising women

A European perspective on access to abortion issue
29/06/2021

Generation Equality Forum – (Y)our body, (y)our choice, (y)our voice: towards an inclusive and feminist global leadership for SRHR!

Online event (closed-doors), 29 June 2021, 14h-15h30 CEST Concrete actions are urgently needed to secure […]
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Progressive Post
26/09/2022

Standing up for abortion rights is standing up for democracy

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‘How to pursue gender equality in the context of right wing, authoritarian regimes?’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Gender Equality: how to pursue it in the context of right […]

Accelerating progress Flickr album

Flickr album of the Accelerating progress Towards a feminist future of work, without violence against […]

Walking the talk – Feminist Foreign Policy

Abortion in the EU – Book summary

This video guides us through the pages of Bérengère Marques-Pereira’s book, ‘Abortion in the EU. […]

“A credible future #BeyondGrowth is a feminist future” Laeticia Thissen

Speech by Laeticia Thissen, FEPS Policy Analyst on Gender Equality, at the #BeyondGrowth conference in […]

Feminist Framework for the Secretary General’s report “Our Common Agenda”

This interactive panel presented a feminist analysis of the UN Secretary General’s “Our Common Agenda” […]
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Laeticia THISSEN

Senior Policy Analyst on Gender Equality
Laeticia Thissen works as a Senior Policy Analyst for Gender Equality at Foundation for European […]

Vanessa ZWISELE

Project Officer
Vanessa joined FEPS in January 2024 as a Project Officer. Previously, she worked as the […]

Julia WILD

Project Officer
Julia works as a Project Officer for FEPS and contributes with her operational expertise to […]
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