# exportingabortion.com ## Pages - [Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year (short version)](https://exportingabortion.com/stories/over-5000-women-europe-travel-abroad-abortions-each-year-short-version/): Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year (short version) The cross-border investigation Exporting Abortion reveals, through data and personal testimonies, how thousands of women in Europe still have to travel to neighbouring countries to get an abortion due to the barriers they face at home—even in states where abortion is legal. The reasons behind this phenomenon vary. Sometimes women realise they are pregnant after the legal deadline for abortion in their country has passed. In other cases, the fetus presents a malformation that local doctors do not consider serious enough to justify terminating the […] - [Opacity in European abortion data: countries without statistics and foreigners whose origins are unknown](https://exportingabortion.com/stories/opacity-in-european-abortion-data-countries-without-statistics-and-foreigners-whose-origins-are-unknown/): Opacity in European abortion data: countries without statistics and foreigners whose origins are unknown The EU does not know how many women have to travel between countries to get an abortion. There are no uniform or harmonised criteria in Europe for collecting information about abortions. Each country does it differently, and at least eight do not even collect data on how many foreign women have abortions on their territory. Two of them, Austria and Luxembourg, do not produce official abortion statistics. In Austria, this is because abortions can be carried out anonymously, and in Luxembourg, abortions on request are medically […] - [Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year](https://exportingabortion.com/stories/over-5000-women-europe-travel-abroad-abortions-each-year/): Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year The cross-border investigation Exporting Abortion reveals, through data and personal testimonies, how thousands of women in Europe still have to travel to neighbouring countries to get an abortion due to the barriers they face at home—even in states where abortion is legal. The reasons behind this phenomenon vary. Sometimes women realise they are pregnant after the legal deadline for abortion in their country has passed. In other cases, the fetus presents a malformation that local doctors do not consider serious enough to justify terminating the pregnancy. Exporting […] - [Methodology](https://exportingabortion.com/methodology/): Methodology The Exporting Abortion investigation has been based on the collection and analysis of data on abortions across various European countries, focusing primarily on those performed on non-resident women. Abortion data have been compiled on the basis of legally induced or voluntary abortions, depending on the specific categorisation used by each country. In many countries, both terms are used interchangeably to categorise the same type of abortion. Abortions on request as well as abortions performed for medical reasons, such as risk to the mother’s health or foetal anomalies, are usually included. It excludes miscarriages and spontaneous abortions, which may also […] - [About](https://exportingabortion.com/about/): About Exporting Abortion is a cross-border, collaborative investigation into unequal abortion access in Europe. Journalists from across the continent have investigated how thousands of women each year are forced to travel from one country to another to access abortions. The project was initiated in the first quarter of 2024 and was published in April 2025, following a year of research. During this time, the team submitted over 100 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, reviewed the laws, regulations, and protocols on abortion across European countries, and spoke with dozens of women who had to travel abroad for an abortion, as well […] - [Home](https://exportingabortion.com/): Exporting Abortion is a cross-border journalistic investigation, coordinated by Público (Spain), on abortion access in Europe, conducted by journalists from across the continent and published by 11 media outlets. The investigation quantifies, for the first time, how, despite the progress made in the attainment of this right, thousands of women across Europe are forced to cross the borders of their home countries to access an abortion. Over 5,000 women in Europe have to travel abroad for abortions each year Thousands of women across Europe are forced to cross the borders of their home countries to access an abortion. The reasons: the […] - [Stories](https://exportingabortion.com/stories/) - [Contact](https://exportingabortion.com/contact/): Contact The Exporting Abortion team consists of journalists with extensive experience investigating women’s rights and access to abortion across Europe. Our goal is to continue covering this critical issue. If you have any additional information or if you have had to travel abroad to access an abortion, we would welcome hearing your story. You can contact us by email or by filling in the questionnaire available on this page. Any information provided will be treated in a sensitive manner. You can remain anonymous, if required.  You can also reach out to our parnters in the following countries: Andorra: Bru Noya. […] [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)