10,000 Austrian students petition to end mandatory fees funding abortions

10,000 Austrian students petition to end mandatory fees funding abortions Demonstrators hold banners during a protest outside the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington Jan. 22, 2026, to call on President Donald Trump's administration to ban the abortion pill. (OSV News photo/Aaron Schwartz, Reuters)

More than 10,000 Austrian university students have signed a petition demanding that the Austrian National Union of Students (ÖH, by its German acronym) abolish its so-called “Repro Fund,” a program that uses mandatory student fees to finance abortions. The petition, organised by ProLife Europe in partnership with CitizenGo, was formally submitted on March 11 to…

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