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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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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26/09/2022

Standing up for abortion rights is standing up for democracy

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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” […]

Primer ‘The EU and gender equality’ by Agnes Hubert

#101 FEPS Talks ‘Standing up for women’s fair and safe access to abortion care’

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