{"id":19401,"date":"2025-11-21T23:23:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T22:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/?p=19401"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T17:18:56","slug":"a-vote-in-favour-of-reproductive-rights-in-the-european-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svjmedia.nl\/internationaljournalism\/19401\/a-vote-in-favour-of-reproductive-rights-in-the-european-union\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vote in Favour of Reproductive Rights in the European Union"},"content":{"rendered":"
Reproductive rights are a widely debated topic worldwide. In the United States, several states have banned legal abortions entirely. As a result, many women who seek to terminate a pregnancy must travel hundreds or even thousands of kilometres to other states and pay enormous sums of money for a procedure that was once accessible. In various African countries, women often resort to unsafe abortion methods, fully aware that the procedure can be life-threatening. But Europe is different, right?<\/em><\/p>\n Many people might assume so \u2014 yet the reality shows otherwise. Malta currently has the strictest abortion laws in Europe, with Poland following closely behind. In both countries, abortion is almost entirely banned. In Malta, a termination is only allowed if the mother\u2019s life is in immediate danger, and even then three doctors must give their approval. These strict regulations demonstrate how differently reproductive rights are approached across Europe.<\/p>\n This is because reproductive legislation remains a national matter. Every EU member state decides for itself how long and under what conditions abortion is permitted.<\/p>\n