Romanian medical student Bianca was finishing her Erasmus exchange programme in Germany, when she went on a short visit to South Korea, where she discovered she was seven weeks pregnant.
The news freaked her out. She was in her final year at a Romanian university, about to sit her exams, and knew that a baby would complicate her life.
So she considered her options. Back in March, when she learned of the pregnancy, abortion was still illegal in South Korea. In Germany, the procedu...
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Already a member? Login hereLina Vdovii and Michael Bird write for The Black Sea newsite, where a longer version of this piece first appeared. This report was made possible with support from Journalism Fund.\nBird is a freelance journalist specialising in eastern Europe, who has carried out investigations for European Investigative Collaborations, The Independent on Sunday, Politico, Tagesspiegel, among others. \nVdovii is an award-winning long-form investigative journalist, who has written for EUobserver, The Guardian, RFE/RL, Christian Science Monitor, Balkan Insight and Al Jazeera. \nAdditional reporting by Liana Fermeseanu.
Lina Vdovii and Michael Bird write for The Black Sea newsite, where a longer version of this piece first appeared. This report was made possible with support from Journalism Fund.\nBird is a freelance journalist specialising in eastern Europe, who has carried out investigations for European Investigative Collaborations, The Independent on Sunday, Politico, Tagesspiegel, among others. \nVdovii is an award-winning long-form investigative journalist, who has written for EUobserver, The Guardian, RFE/RL, Christian Science Monitor, Balkan Insight and Al Jazeera. \nAdditional reporting by Liana Fermeseanu.