Irene Caselli

"We have to have difficult conversations with people we disagree with to create this space. This is why door-to-door canvassing has been so important in Ireland during referendum campaigns on so-called "divisive" issues," says @UnaMullally.

"Being able to listen to our enemy is crucial to creating a peaceful world, for that we need to go beyond labels and hear the story," says @JoBerry9 of @Charity_BBFP.

"Humanisation of the issue is key," says @RosebellK. We need to concentrate on the people who may at some point in their life need abortions, not on the polarising extremes.

From #Argentina, @MissOprostol says that Consejerías have become key in concentrating on those needing abortions. "They explain how to perform an abortion with pills in simple language and without judging the reasons of women who need abortion." More here: https://open.thecorrespondent.com/687/the-birth-of-a-movement-how-activists-are-winning-the-battle-to-make-abortion-a-right/90946099431-521f5ca2/app-open …

We need to remember our history, says @MegClement. A few decades ago, women in Sweden travelled to Poland to get abortions because it was illegal at home and legal behind the Iron Curtain. Now it's the other way round. Things can change on issues that are considered intractable.

It all starts from sex education, says @RBraceySherman. "The US has heavily disinvested in sexual health education, thus people feel shame and are shamed for talking about their bodies, asking questions about their sexuality, or reaching out for help if they need it."

From Ethiopia, @aklile_solomon @YellowMvt agrees: "It ties back to how we view sex, esp sex for women, as a tool for having children. For women to actually start speaking for their right to make this choice and use contraception, I think the taboo around sex should be broken."

There are also are great members at @The_Corres. Fransje says abortion is not much of a taboo in The Netherlands, except for certain conservative religious communities that are getting more influential. "For me, grown up in the 1960s, it feels like slowly losing hard-won rights."

.@RosebellK "Abortion and bodily autonomy remain at the heart of gender justice. I see this as a struggle not a process of pacification - pacification rarely grants the oppressed their rights."