EU opens up funding to guarantee abortion rights across bloc
The Guardian World
by Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondentFebruary 26, 2026
Women from countries with near-total bans on terminations will be given help to access services elsewhere
EU states will be able to tap into a social fund to help citizens access safe abortions, in an announcement hailed as a “victory for women”.
The roots of Thursday’s announcement go back to a long campaign for the European Commission to create a funding mechanism that would allow women from countries with near-total bans on abortion, such as Malta and Poland, to go where it is legal.
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Originally published on The Guardian World on 2/26/2026