Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you so much for that question. Medical abortion, or pharmaceutical abortion as you're calling it, is increasing everywhere as the preferred method for many women, even though we still have to keep traditional methods available as well. That is because it responds to two things.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you. I hope you can hear me now.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay. Thank you for that question. I'll speak not just as IPPF but also as having spent 10 years as part of the humanitarian system and for the last five as the health director of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. I would argue that the main reason this happens is that our feminist foreign policy and approach do not cover humanitarian assistance and our humanitarian response.

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm sorry. I took my last chance to say something.

Foreign Affairs committee  Is it any better? I can hear you well. I'm so sorry I'm not there face to face. It would have been much easier if I were there with Elizabeth and Lucy. I'm sorry about that.

Foreign Affairs committee  No, I will aim to be a bit shorter and not repeat everything from the beginning. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, again, everybody. You have my apologies for the interruption. I am speaking on behalf of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, IPPF, which is a federation of 119 member associations and national civil society organizations that provide sexual and reproductive health services.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good morning, committee members and fellow panellists. The International Planned Parenthood Federation, IPPF for short, is a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. Today, IPPF is a worldwide federation of 119 national member associations and 29 collaborative partners working with and for communities in 149 countries.