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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. Lire plus »

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? Lire plus »

SASS in the Press!

The SASS project has made a big splash - check out our press hits! Lire plus »

Information and Support on Self-Managed Abortion

Learn more about self-managed medical abortion in the US. Lire plus »

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/ Lire plus »

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). Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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… Lire plus »

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! Lire plus »

O vírus Zika - Expondo a desigualdade no Brasil

O vírus Zika foi o ponto de partida de importantes debates a nível nacional e mundial sobre o aborto na América Latina. Como relata o The Washington Post, muitos países estão experimentando renovadas chamadas para um relaxamento em suas leis de aborto devido à forte ligação causal entre a contração… Lire plus »

Nowy projekt filmowy - potrzebna pomoc

Zgłosiła się do nas absolwentka szkoły filmowej Marta Trela, która szuka kobiet zainteresowanych jej nowym projektem filmowym. Lire plus »

Safe abortion Thailand

testimony from the email: Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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. Lire plus »

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 Lire plus »

All Abortion Bans are Bad

We can't afford to be complacent. Lire plus »