Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Throughline by Jill Filipovic

The Activists Putting Safe Abortion in the Hands of Ukrainian Refugee Women

And Polish women, and people around the world who need care -- including Americans.

Jill Filipovic
Nov 23, 2022
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Photo by Tina Hartung on Unsplash

Earlier this month, I wrote about Russia using rape as a weapon of war, and how Ukrainian refugee women are showing up in Poland — a country that broadly outlaws abortion — having survived extreme violence and, sometimes, pregnant. I’ve covered sexual violence in conflict for a number of years now, and until fairly recen…

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