blog archive
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House Passes 20-Week Abortion Ban
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives voted on legislation that would create a national ban on abortions after 20 weeks, with minor exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. Read more »
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The Hypocrisy of the Right
Why is it, decades after the establishment of abortion as a constitutional right, that we have lawmakers and leaders chipping away at abortion access and calling for the punishment of people who seek to exercise their rights? Read more »
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SASS in the Press!
The SASS project has made a big splash - check out our press hits! Read more »
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Information and Support on Self-Managed Abortion
Learn more about self-managed medical abortion in the US. Read more »
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Helpline launched by bpas for women that use abortion pills in Ireland, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man
Press release of bpas: https://www.bpas.org/about-our-charity/press-office/press-releases/helpline-launched-for-illegal-abortion-pills/ Read more »
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Launch of the network MAMA (Mobilizing Activists Around Medical Abortion in Sub-Saharan Africa)
Today on 28 September is the launch of the MAMA programme (Mobilising Activists around Medical Abortion). Read more »
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Research: How can a state control swallowing? The home use of abortion pills in Ireland.
Research by professor Sally Sheldon published in Reproductive Health Matters. Read more »
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Women Help Women Announces the Launch of the First Counseling Helpline in U.S. for Self-Managed Abortions
Boston, MA (April 27, 2017) – Today Women Help Women (WHW) will launch a first-of-its-kind online service to provide individualize, online support and information to people in the U.S. with unwanted pregnancies who are considering or using abortion pills on their own. Read more »
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Information on Safe Medical Abortion in Haitian Creole
A new infographic on the safe use of misoprostol for abortion has been published by the Chilean abortion hotline, Línea Aborto Chile. Now that more Haitian immigrants are living in Chile, and not all of them speak Spanish, the hotline found it important to make this information available. Abortion… Read more »
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Defiéndete de la violencia obstétrica
Women Help Women in collaboration with activists and partners in Latin America and around the world has launched a new resource as part of the May 28th International Day of Action for Women´s Health! Read more »
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The Zika Virus - Exposing Brazil's Inequality
The Zika virus has kick-started national and worldwide debates yet again about abortion in Latin America. Many countries are experiencing renewed calls for a relaxation in their abortion laws, however, governments in Latin America have yet to change their position on abortion. Read more »
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New documentary movie - help needed
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Safe abortion Thailand
testimony from the email: Read more »
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Unfairly censored by youtube!
Youtube deleted the account of Women Help Women www.womenhelp.org because of videos with life-saving information how to use misoprostol. Read more »
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Three women hand themselves in to police after breaking abortion law in Northern Ireland
The women have handed themselves into police in Northern Ireland stating that they want to challenge the law and their action comes as a response to recent prosecutions in the area. Read more »
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Safe Abortion Hotline "Ms Rosy" in Nigeria is there to help you get a safe abortion with pills.
Our partner, GIWYN Nigeria, with whom Women Help Woem trained in a safe abortion hotline workshop in 2014, celebrates their hotline by re-launching it. Read more »
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WHW's "must watch" VIDEO for the 28th September campaign
28th September is the Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion and ... our birthday. Read more »
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How to use misoprostol for abortion? Graphic instructions!
Use of misoprostol - abortion pill. Photo, graphic instructions. In many languages: English, Polski, Portugues, Espanol, Arabic, Francais, Bahasa Indonesia, Chichewa, Haitian Creole.
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Trans rights, Abortion Rights, and fighting Transphobia
Fighting abortion stigma, transphobia, and the ongoing fight for bodily autonomy Read more »
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All Abortion Bans are Bad
We can't afford to be complacent. Read more »