Abtreibungsverbot

On Monday night, a surprise draft ruling by conservative Justice Samuel Alito was released in the U.S. indicating that a majority on the Supreme Court wants to reverse the legalization of abortions. Ella Müller, director of the Democracy Program at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Washington, DC, puts this impending caesura and the political developments behind it in context.    

The “marea verde” – the “green tide” – has spread across the whole of Latin America. Can it make waves in Germany too?

This short documentary tells the story of women fighting for reproductive justice in El Salvador, where abortion is illegal under any circumstances.