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In Bulgaria, the youngest grandmother is just 28 years old, according to Dr. Antonio Dushepeev, the head of the maternity ward at Burgas University General Hospital. In an interview on BNR, he also highlighted a troubling trend, with 149 births by underage girls reported at the hospital last year alone. Among these young mothers, there was even an 11-year-old girl. Dr.

Despite a significant decline in overall births since 1990, Greece has seen a fivefold increase in the number of births by women aged 40 and older. This age group now represents 8-9% of total births in 2023-24, up from just 1.4% in the early 1990s.

An exuberant yet haunting road movie, "Stray Bodies" uses the trope of travel to explore the boundaries that religion and politics place on women, especially when it comes to their bodies.

A 27-year-old man was arrested in Zakynthos, western Greece, on Wednesday for beating his 19-year-old pregnant partner, causing an abortion. She was two months pregnant. 

The incident happened on Tuesday, after the suspect took her partner to his house where he tied her up, beat her up and forced her to take medication that could cause an abortion. 

In other news, a Republican senator blocks US arms sale to Hungary for stalling Sweden's NATO bid; Slovakia's caretaker government fails to win a confidence vote, but will stay in office with reduced powers until the autumn election; and Polish women take to the streets again to protest abortion laws following the tragic death in hospital of another pregnant women.

On paper, Croatian women have the right to seek an abortion. In practice, it's becoming increasingly difficult, pushing some to go abroad.

An online petition in Kosovo calling for the lowering or removal of VAT on menstrual products such as menstrual pads, tampons, cups and underwear, has received over 5,600 signatures in just three days.

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Zana Mihaljevic needs $17,000 to become a mum.

The 51-year-old founder of the 'Be a Mum' Foundation, which promotes support for women trying to have a child, suffers from hypogonadism, which means her ovaries do not produce enough hormones.

The first successful in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Slovenia was performed 40 years ago and today about a thousand babies born every year in the country are conceived outside the body. Slovenia is considered to be a global leader in the field.

Justyna Wydrzynska is found guilty in a Warsaw court of helping 'Annie' terminate her pregnancy by giving her misoprostol and is sentenced to eight months of community service. Photo: Aborcyjny Dream Team