Thread by @StefSimanowitz

1/. Polls have just closed in San Marino where people have been voting in a referendum on decriminalising abortion

#SanMarion along with Malta, Andorra & the Vatican, it is one of the last places in Europe where a total ban on abortion is still in force. theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

2/. #BREAKING: Residents in #SanMarino - a majority Catholic state surrounded by Italy - have voted overwhelmingly to legalize abortion, overturning a 150-year-old law that had criminalized it

This good news comes two days before int’l #safeabortionday.
apnews.com/article/aborti…

3/. #SanMarino joins more than 50 countries that have improved access to abortion in the past 25 years

It was decriminalised in South Korea (2021), Argentina (2020), Ireland (2019)

But other places - such as Poland & Texas - are swimming against the tide

4/. The vote in favour of ending the abortion ban in #SanMarino in today’s referendum was a massive 77%

This is an historic day & an important victory for women in Europe & around the world whose reproductive rights have been - & still are - under attack. #RoeVWade #StrajkKobiet

5/. The #SanMarino result comes hot on the heals of more good referendum news in Europe

Switzerland today backed same-sex marriage

64.1% of voters backed it & it won a majority in all of #Switzerland’s 26 cantons. #LoveWins #LGBTQ #LGBT #LGBTQIAutumn21
theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…

6/. In 2001, The Netherlands became the first country to recognise same-sex marriage

Twenty years on, Switzerland today become the 30th country in the world to recognize the right to same sex marriage after a two-thirds in favour vote. #LoveWins #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAutumn21 #LGBT

7/. Ystdy it appeared that Iceland had become the first European country to elect a female-majority parliament

A recount showed that 47% of MPs were female rather than 52%. #IcelandElection #iceland dw.com/en/iceland-ele…