We are a Germany-wide network of doctors and medical students. We also welcome people from other healthcare professions, such as nursing, midwifery or pregnancy conflict counselling.
In the world we want, all people have the right to…
- express their sexuality, as long as it is consensual and does not interfere with the rights of others;
government-funded sexuality and contraceptive education that starts in schools;
decide if and how many children to have and to receive adequate governmental support if they decide to become parents;
have access to abortion care in the event of (unwanted) pregnancy;
accurate and evidence-based information about contraception and abortion, regardless of who provides it;
protection from misinformation about abortion and from attacks and intimidation by anti-abortion activists;
access medical counselling and treatment close to home; and
coverage of contraceptives and abortion by statutory health insurance.
Understanding
We are united by the conviction that a self-determined approach to sexuality, reproduction and family planning is essential for the health of all people and for equality in our society. As Doctors for Choice Germany e.V., our work is health-orientated, evidence-based and feminist; for us, the latter means rejecting any discrimination based on gender and sexuality. We rely on our experience and expertise in the field of reproductive health as well as on feedback from our patients. We also incorporate the findings of high-quality studies, guidelines from international organizations such as the World Health Organization, and recommendations from national and international professional associations into our work.
Foundation
The organisation was founded in 2019 by Dr. Alicia Baier and Dr. Leonie Kühn.
Background
For decades, there have been doctors across Germany who are committed to reproductive health and justice. Until 2019, however, they were not organised in an organisation. We founded ourselves in order to have a common platform for our concerns. This is urgently needed in view of the increasingly patchy care situation and the legal situation for doctors providing abortion care in German. We would like to enrich the socio-political debate on abortion with factual, evidence-based and health-orientated contributions. Improving medical education and training as well as the abortion care situation is central to our work.
Board of Directors and Advisory Board
The current board of directors includes physicians Dr. Alicia Baier, Dr. Annika Kreitlow, Dr. Christiane Tennhardt, Dr. Jana Maeffert and Paula Kurz (treasurer). They each have many years of experience in working to improve medical training on abortion – and providing abortion care.
The Advisory Board provides expertise and advice to the Board of Directors. Currently, it consists of six members: Julia von Kanitz (organizational developer and coach) since 2019 and Dr. Margit Kollmer (general practitioner) since 2024. In April 2025 the Advisory Board gained two additional physician members: Taleo Stüwe and Hannah Spallek. At the last general meeting in March 2026, Leonie Kühn moved from the Committee to the Advisory Committee, and Gesine Sauer joined the Advisory Board.
Honorary Member
We would like to thank Kristina Hänel for her important and long-standing commitment to our mission, including as a member of the advisory board from 2022 to 2024.
Kristina Hänel
Office
The Doctors for Choice Germany office consists of managing director Colette Rose and one additional staff member. The office is staffed Monday through Thursday and can be contacted using the contact form.
The office team can be reached by telephone at +49 156 7835 1102 during the following times: every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11.00 am to 1.00 pm, and on Wednesdays from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm.
Members
Many experienced gynaecologists and general practitioners come together under our roof, as well as specialists in other fields and doctors in further training. Medical students and other people from the health care sector also make up a large part of the organisation. Most of us have been committed to the reproductive self-determination of our patients for years. Many of the doctors perform abortions themselves.