Region: Western Europe
UK – Two stories on abortion in adolescence
Teenage pregnancy: The choice that changed my life by Emily-Jane Clark. & I regret having an abortion, but that doesn’t mean I’m against it by Rachel.
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
Italy: Petition to the Italian Minister of Health to call for medical abortion pills to be provided through outpatient care
by AMICA (Medical Association for Abortion and Contraception) with Associazione Luca Coscioni for Freedom of Scientific Research and AIED (Italian Association for Demographic Education) .
France: #CeciNestPasUnCintre
The collective #CeciNestPasUnCintre are publishing women’s experiences with abortion on their Facebook page throughout September.