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REPROMOB is a multi-disciplinary, multi-sited, collaborative research project hosted by two Universities in Catalunya-Spain, the Autonomous University of Barcelona – UAB, and the University of Barcelona – UB. It aims at investigating different forms of reproductive mobilities: cross- and in-country fluxes of people, substances, knowledge, practices, subjectivities, capitals, networks of relationships, and connections that assisted […]

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We are pleased to announce the open-access publication “Inter-departmental abortion travels in metropolitan France: A mixed-methods analysis of women’s experiences, access, and barriers to abortion care”, in which the BAR2LEGAB Team assessed the role of in-country abortion mobility in France. France has made significant progress to facilitate access to abortions over the past decades. Nevertheless, barriers persist […]

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On October 28th from 3p.m to 6:30p.m. Drs. Silvia de Zordo, Joanna Mishtal and Giulia Zanini, respectively principal investigator, senior researcher and post-doctoral researcher on the BAR2LEGAB research project will present the study’s results on cross-border travel for abortion care in Europe at a panel entitled “Barriers to access to pregnancy termination and self-managed abortion: […]

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On September 29th at 3pm ET (9PM CET) Silvia De Zordo and Joanna Mishtal, Principal Investigator and Senior Researcher on the BAR2LEGAB project, will discuss with other anthropologists who have contributed to The Routledge Handbook on Reproduction and Anthropology on how changes in US law and policy are affecting the local communities where they have […]

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The US Supreme Court has overturned the historical Roe vs Wade decision, which made abortion legal 50 years ago, exposing women and pregnant people who need an abortion to the consequences of legal restrictions to abortion care, which include illegal abortions, which can sometimes be unsafe, and travel to seek abortion care, with all the […]

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The ERC-funded Europe Abortion Access BAR2LEGAB project is hosting its final two-days Conference “Women travelling to seek abortion care in Europe: the impact of barriers to legal abortion on women living in countries with ostensibly liberal abortion laws” on  June 22nd-23rd , 2022 at University of Barcelona (UB). Research findings will be shared and discussed […]

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EPF-IPPF EN have launched a joint “European Abortion Policies Atlas”, which scores 52 European countries and territories on legal frameworks to access safe abortion care. The Atlas clearly shows that Europe is not as progressive as it might seem, as our study on barriers to legal abortion and abortion travel in Europe confirms. This first […]

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Yesterday the World Health Organization (WHO) released new, comprehensive guidelines on abortion care that bring together recommendations on clinical practice, health service delivery, and legal and policy interventions to support quality abortion care. The new abortion guidelines reflect the state of the evidence and recommend self-managed abortion as one of a range of safe, effective […]

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A Third Party Intervention at the European Court of Human Right, prepared by Birmingham Law School academics, shows that the criminalization of abortion in Poland is incompatible with international human rights law.   Silvia De Zordo and Joanna Mishtal, respectively PI and a Senior Researcher on the BAR2LEGAB research project on barriers to legal abortion […]

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We are aware of the great difficulties that women who want to interrupt their pregnancy in Europe have to face. That’s why we invite you to share your experience with the project team. With your help, we will be able to improve the study and create a community useful information for all.

If you wish to share your experiences with difficulties accessing abortion care and/or abortion travel please use the form on the right.  

If you tick the box: “I consent to share my story with the research team for research purposes in the terms described on the left side”, researchers will use the story to analyse the barriers to access to safe, legal abortion that lead women to seek illegal abortion or travel to seek abortion care, and women’s experiences with that.

If you also tick the box: “I consent to publish my story in this section” we will anonymize your story and publish it in this section, with only your nickname and/or country (if provided). 

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You may choose a nickname to avoid using your real name. We do not collect any personal data, but if you accidentally provide some personal data in your story, we will store this information in a protected file “Research, development and innovation projects with high-level personal data” at the University of Barcelona with the only purpose to anonymize your story by deleting any personal data, and then delete the original story you sent. We will only keep and eventually publish its anonymous version on this website ONLY IF you consent to your story being published by ticking the appropriate box above. Only researchers administering this website have access to its content.

The body responsible for the above file is the General Secretary of the University of Barcelona located on: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585, 08007 Barcelona; email: secretaria.general@ub.edu. You have the right to access, and receive your data in a file (e.g. word, PDF) during the period of the study (5 years). You can also ask and obtain that researchers stop examining them  , and/or ask to correct or request your data to be deleted for up to six months after participating, by emailing your request to the project: bar2legab@ub.edu or to the principal investigator, Dr. Silvia De Zordo: silviadezordo@ub.edu. Please indicate your nickname in your email.

If you need information about this project, please contact us by writing to bar2legab@ub.edu
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    This project has received funding from the European Reseach Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme BAR2LEGAB-680004