Archives: Safe Abortion Day posts
Armenia: Pan-Armenian Family Health Alliance
On September 28, members of the Pan-Armenian Family Health Alliance held a roundtable in Yerevan, coordinated by the Family Health Care Network. The participants stated that there are still social, financial and physical barriers in Armenia for access to comprehensive safe abortion care and post-abortion contraception, especially for sexually active unmarried, rural, low income, and disabled women.
IRELAND & REPEAL GLOBAL
Thousands march in Dublin 30 September (40,000 reported by RTE ; 30,000 reported by Irish Times). In her opening speech, Abortion Rights Campaign member Angela Coraccio said the Eighth Amendment to the Irish Constitution, which gives equal rights to a fetus as to the woman carrying it, is “an instrument of torture” and described the country’s current abortion laws as “barbaric”. Irish Times 30 September 2017 + ARC Video
Burundi: La dépénalisation de l’avortement sans risques, possible au Burundi? IWACU WEB TV (Video)
The video shows some of the speakers at a meeting organised by SFBLSP–Burundi “Association des droits de la femme” on the decriminalisation of abortion and whether it is possible in Burundi, and also shows interviews with several of the participants.
Argentina: Campaña Nacional por el Derecho al Aborto Legal Seguro y Gratuito
Durante esta semana y la siguiente, las diferentes regionales de la Campaña estarán llevando a cabo actividades preparándose para la gran marcha federal del viernes 29 en CABA. Acercate a participar de las actividades de tu ciudad:
Actividades en todo el país: Comodoro Rivadavia, Córdoba, Río Cuarto, Jujuy, La Pampa, Mendoza, Necochea, Santa Fe, Salta, Provincia de Buenos Aires Noroeste, Puerto Madryn, y Rosario