Feedback from delegates and speakers

• Fascinating, informative, reassuring and inspiring

Lesley Allen, NHS Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

• A great event. It’s good to hear and learn about what others are doing, sharing information and charting the way forward to prevent illness and death from unsafe abortion, particularly in the developing world

Gloria Asare, FP Programme Manager Ghana Health Services

• Excellent, innovative and important conference

Dr Samita Bhardwaj, FPA of India

• It was a wonderful opportunity to learn and share experiences and information

Joana Chagas, Youth Coalition

• Outstanding and hopefully a harbinger for regional, national and global meetings every 3-5 years!

Helen Crowley, Director of Development, Political Research Associates, USA

• The conference was well thought out and would have a major global effect on the drive for abortion

Dr Obed Dolo, Regional Hospital, K’dua, Ghana

• Taking safe abortion to another level

Jennifer Gatsi Mallet, Programme Co-ordinator, International Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS

• Timely conference. Wonderful presentations. It gives me encouragement that we are not alone in this struggle

Nicholas Kanlisi, Engender Health

• Excellent, considering it’s the first honest conference on abortion

Joyce Leong, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Inspirational. This is not a time to be complacent, but to keep the momentum going

Maria Loizou, Health First, United Kingdom

• Great job. I’m enlightened. This could be of great help in my country

Linda Lumiwes, Counsdellor, Wellness Centre, The Philippines

• It was a landmark event which acted as an eye opener to governments where abortion is still illegal

Dr Francis Mbawre, Wakisu District Local Government, Uganda

• The event had fantastic speakers and a very inspiring group of participants

Joanna Mishtal, Columbia University, USA

• For me, it was a privilege to be included in such a livety, well-informed, committed and important conference

Fran Roots, Programme director, MSI Yemen

• A very impressive meeting. Well organised. Good venue. What a turn out!

Dr Sam Rowlands, United Kingdom

• Very well organised, both logistics and most importantly the quality of the content of the programme

Maria Luisa Sanchez, Executive Director, GIRE, Mexico

• It was critical to have this conference on the sole topic of abortion to set the agenda for SRH rights’ promotion globally and the preservation of women’s integrity and dignity

Holly Stewart, Population Reference Bureau, USA

• This conference was a unifying event that fostered global dialogue on the way forward for safe, comprehensive abortion care

Katherine Turner, Senior Training and Services Advisor, Ipas