16th FIAPAC Conference, Barcelona, 1-3 Oktober 2026: „Beyond divisions: Rethinking contraception and abortion in a rapidly changing world“

08:00-
09:00
Free Communication Session 2 Barriers and divides in the system
Chair:
- Raina Brethouwer, NL
- Martha Paynter, CA
- Correctional officer role in prisoner access to abortion and contraception - Clare Heggie, CA
- Abortion care barriers, experiences and preferences among transgender, gender diverse and intersex people - Sydney Reese, US
- Who seeks abortion care support and where do they go? Cross-border abortion support across Europe - Ciara McHugh, GB Lucy Wilkinson, GB
- US-state abortion laws post-Dobbs against national-level laws in 199 countries – - Lisa Remez, GB

09:00-
10:00
Panel Discussion Abortion vs contraception, going beyond the (false) divide
Chair:
- Samuel Yosef, GB
- What rising abortion rates tell us about unmet contraceptive need - Teresa Bombas, PT
- Abortion is not a failure, but part of the reproductive continuum - Clare Murphy, GB
- Panel Discussion with Audience Participation

10:00-
10:30
Refreshments, exhibition and networking

10:30-
12:00
Plenary Session 4 Clinical updates
Chair:
- Margit Endler, SE
- Carolina Rivas Barrera, ES
- Managing First-Trimester Miscarriage: Results of the First Global Practice Survey - Christian Fiala, AT
- Pain management for medical abortion - John Reynolds-Wright, GB
- Abortion beyond 1st trimester - Guillermo Ortiz, US
- Q&A and Panel Discussion

12:00-
13:30
Lunch, exhibition, and networking

12:30-
13:15
Free Communication Session 3 The spectrum of training and priorities for future research
Chair:
- Danielle Choucroun, LU
- Edgar Dorman, GB
- Preparing future doctors for abortion-related care: a national FOI study of UK medical school teaching - Edgar Dorman, GB
- Abortion care after 24 weeks: expanding access, advancing practice - Alyssa Colwill, US
- Identifying the top 10 research priorities for abortion care - Lucy Hocking, US

13:30-
15:00
Plenary Session 5 A regional outlook
- Quieroabortar.org: A State-level Initiative to Monitor and Advance Equitable Access to Abortion Care Across Spain - Silvia Aldevert, ES Jordi Baroja, ES
- Access to Abortion in the Southern mediterranean: Challenges and Opportunities - Selma Hasjri
- Abortion Access and Barriers in Central and Eastern Europe - Cristian Furau, RO Ana Mitrovic, RS
- Q&A and Panel discussion

15:00-
15:30
Refreshments, exhibition and networking

15:30-
17:00
Plenary Session 6 Global perspectives
Chair:
- Angela Dawson, AU
- Susana Medina Salas, VE
Panel discussion about Abortion Access & Advocacy in the world, and Contragestion Across Contexts, with:
- Sheila Akinyi, (Rwanda) African Coalition for Research and Communication on Abortion (ACORCA)
- Nandini Mazumder, (India), Asia Safe Abortion Partnership
- Agustina Michel, (Argentina) Latin American Consortium Against Unsafe Abortion (Clacai)
- Sadok Amine Ben Hassine, (Tunesia) International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)

17:00-
17:30
Closing Remarks