In 2022, at least 4,500 European women who had decided to terminate a pregnancy, had to travel to the Netherlands, Spain or the U.K. to do so.

The Netherlands, which is the preferred destination to this day, registered 2,762 women from Germany, Poland, Belgium and France, as well as a handful from Ireland, and another 500 women from unspecified other countries.

Despite these numbers, only two EU countries heavily restrict access to abortion today: Malta only allows it when a pregnant woman’s life is at risk, and Poland only permits abortion in cases of rape or incest, or if the mother’s health is in danger. But abortion-related troubles aren’t limited to those countries, and also reach into ones traditionally considered much more liberal.