7 October 2025: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies Lecture
On 7 October 2025 at 18:00, Marta Bucholc will give a lecture entitled: Nationalism and Reproductive Rights in Post-Transitional Societies at the IWM in Vienna. The event will be moderated by Ludger Hagerdorn. In many countries that have recently gone through political transitions—from Eastern Europe to Africa and Latin America—nationalism has re-emerged as a powerful […]
The Team in Białystok!
Members of the AbFig team bid farewell to summer at the 19th Polish Sociological Association Summit, hosted by the University in Białystok (UwB). Iskra de Vries spoke on the abortion debates in the Netherlands, while Tomek Detlaf – on the analysis of sociology as an academic field in Poland. Marta Bucholc took part in a […]
The Team in Rabat!
The members of our team were happy to participate in the V ISA Forum in Rabat, Morocco! We have presented on our research findings and methodology. Marta Bucholc, in addition to organizing and chairing three sessions, presented a paper “Alienated Human Rights? Comparative Insights from a Study of Abortion Debates in Poland and Argentina“; Iskra […]
Dr Claire Pierson – our visiting researcher
We are delighted to have dr Claire Pierson (University of Liverpool) with our project team in Warsaw in April 2025! Claire Pierson is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Liverpool. She specialises in reproductive politics, specifically abortion rights and activism in highly restrictive contexts. She is currently leading on a British Academy […]
Marta Bucholc in Poznań
On February 25th, 2025, Marta Bucholc gave an invited lecture at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, entitled Socjologia praw człowieka: neutralność, zaangażowanie i problemy metodologiczne (Sociology of human rights: detachment, involevement and methodological problems) where she has given the audience the overview of the Abortion Figuration project’s methods, goals, and struggles. This lecture was […]
Abortion Figurations is leaving X/Twitter
Abortion Figurations is leaving X due to recent political shifts and increasing algorithmic bias that limit visibility and distort engagement. As the platform amplifies certain narratives while suppressing others, it no longer supports open discussion and critical analysis. We believe Bluesky offers a more balanced space for meaningful conversations. You can now find us there […]
Abortion Figuration in the European Dissemination Portal!
An overview of our project, it’s aims, goals, and our way of thinking about human rights, is now published in the Project Repository Journal, ran by the European Dissemination project. Take a look here .
Video Blog 16 – Intersex Persons and Sex-Selective Abortions
In this episode of the project video blog, Nikoletta Pikramenou will talk about her research into intersex rights. Intersex persons, or people born with a combination of both female and male biological traits, may face discrimination and experience unwanted surgeries and procedures in infancy. The term sex-selective abortion refers to the practice of terminating a […]
Human Rights Day 2024
December 10 marks Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. This day reminds us of the inalienable rights every person holds, regardless of identity or status, as a universal standard of dignity and equality.From Abortion Figurations, we recognize the importance of this date and continue […]
Video Blog 15: EU Treaties Amendment – The Right to Abortion Back on the Table
The proposal to amend the EU treaties has created quite a storm within the EU member states. One of the amendments could have far-reaching implications on abortion laws in the member states. Marta Bucholc discusses the proposed change and it’s significance.
