This was the first year that HERA joined the global movement for promotion and protection of women’s reproductive freedom by marking the 28th of September, the Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion in North Macedonia. The aim of the local campaigning carried out in this occasion was to emphasise the liberal legal regulation that has enabled the women in North Macedonia for over 40 years to freely decide on the planning of their parenthood, and to stress out the safety and reliability of the pregnancy termination procedure that is performed at the healthcare clinics across the country. At the same time, the campaign aimed to call for the registration of products for medical termination of pregnancy (a method not yet available in North Macedonia) so that women in North Macedonia deciding to undergo abortion could not only enjoy their right to personal choice, but also the right to choose which method to use to terminate the unintended pregnancy.
