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While most volunteers and government organizations from all over the world have responded to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine by offering humanitarian aid to the embattled country, certain groups want that assistance to include abortion-inducing drugs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Over <\/span>4 million people<\/span><\/a> have fled the country since the crisis began on February 24, and another <\/span>6.5 million<\/span><\/a> are believed to have been displaced from their homes. For people who are likely dealing with the trauma associated with the cost of war, ensuring they have access to food, water, shelter, and emotional support services seems like more of a priority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But in their <\/span>Call to Action<\/span><\/a>, Amnesty International, the Center for Reproductive Rights, International Planned Parenthood Federation, and Women\u2019s Link Worldwide emphasized how the invasion is \u201cjeopardizing\u201d the \u201csexual and reproductive health and rights\u201d of Ukrainian women and girls. The document consists of a wide range of demands, including the removal of laws restricting abortion in countries that have welcomed Ukrainian refugees, such as Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, the groups want the European Union, donor governments, and the broader international community to ensure humanitarian packages and convoys to Ukraine and refugee host countries include \u201creproductive health kits.\u201d Some of the kits’ purposed content consists of menstrual and lactation-assisting products, things women and girls could use in a crisis such as this one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0HEARTBREAKING: Pregnant woman and preborn baby killed in Ukraine bombing<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the list does not stop there, as these groups also want the kits to include \u201cmifepristone and misoprostol for medical abortion.\u201d The <\/span>abortion pill<\/span><\/a> is reportedly four times more dangerous than a surgical abortion, and there is a risk of <\/span>emotional pain<\/span><\/a> for women who undergo this type of abortion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The women these groups are targeting have likely already experienced a great deal of fear and trauma due to the crisis. The solution to such a tragic case of human suffering caused by the violence of war should not be the taking of more innocent lives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Funding is another point these groups addressed, demanding that \u201cfinancial assistance is not provided to anti SRHR and anti-equality organizations and actors in Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia or Ukraine.\u201d Instead of funding going toward any pro-life groups or organizations opposed abortion providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine, these groups insisted financial assistance should only go toward \u201cthose gender equality, SRHR and women\u2019s rights organizations who are providing frontline protection\u2026 and ensure this assistance includes coverage for the costs of\u2026 abortion care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Assistance provided to Ukraine should emphasize the preservation of life and focus on helping people impacted by the crisis, not on satisfying the policy agendas of abortion advocacy organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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While most volunteers and government organizations from all over the world have responded to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine by offering humanitarian aid to the embattled country, certain groups want that assistance to include abortion-inducing drugs.\u00a0 Over 4 million people have fled the country since the crisis began on February 24, and another 6.5 million are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":617,"featured_media":266402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7,5,3473],"tags":[8015,4876,16896,79,2707,10953,16897],"yoast_head":"\nAbortion groups want humanitarian aid to Ukraine to include abortion pills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While most volunteers and government organizations have responded war in Ukraine by offering humanitarian aid, some want to include abortion-inducing drugs.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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