Articles tagged 'women'
| Title | Headline | Summary | Media | Date | hf:tags | |
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 | Poland | Abortion laws: Polish women forced abroad for terminations | For years, Polish women have been evading their country’s strict abortion laws by seeking medical help to terminate unwanted pregnancies abroad. One such country is the Czech Republic, where access to abortion is legal, safe and provided on demand. Thousands are believed to have had abortions that would have been denied to them in Poland. | BBC News | 2020-12-13 | catholic czech health poland women |
 | Ová | They think it's all ová | Women in the Czech Republic may soon be able to take non-gendered versions of their surnames, after MPs backed a change in the law. In Czech, the ending ová is added automatically to almost all female surnames, even foreign ones, and they can only be dropped in very limited circumstances. It’s been that way for centuries … but could be about to change. | BBC From Our Own Correspondent | 2021-06-10 | czech language politics women |