Abortion

Ireland will vote on two changes to its Constitution. But the nature of the proposed changes poses major challenges to constructive public debate.

The instrumentalisation of women’s rights in Poland is nothing new. Will the new prime minister Donald Tusk deliver the change he promised?

Polish activist Klementyna Suchanow traces the funding and politics of religious organisations to Russia.

Reversing the 1973 precedent for abortion rights isn’t a return, but a rupture for American society and beyond.

Ireland’s model of amending the constitution through a national debate among the people provides an important route to progress

In October 2020, a Polish tribunal ruled to further curtail one of Europe’s strictest abortion laws.

Raisa Galea explores the contradictions of a debate which is bound to questions of national identity, morality and sovereignty.

The Eurozine editor-in-chief talks women’s rights in Hungary under Orbán’s illiberal regime and its pro-family policies.

Thanks to energetic grassroots campaigning and a steady shift in social attitudes, women in Ireland have finally won the right to choose whether to have child or not.

The UK election result forced the Conservative Party into a deal with a little-known Northern Irish party – who are they? A comparative look with Poland.