Ukraine war: International Planned Parenthood Fed. provides abortion pills, rape kits to victims of invasion

Human rights groups have document incidents of rape and torture in towns and cities around Kyiv after Russian troops withdrew and shifted their focus to the eastern part of the city.

FILE = Containers of the medication used to end an early pregnancy sit on a table inside a Planned Parenthood clinic, Oct. 29, 2021, in Fairview Heights, Ill. A report released Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022 says most U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery. The trend spiked during the pandemic as telemedicine increased and pills by mail were allowed. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)  ( ) A family mourns a relative killed during the war with Russia, as dozens of black bags containing more bodies of victims are seen strewn across the graveyard in the cemetery in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday. (AP/Rodrigo Abd) A local man stands atop of destroyed Russian armoured vehicles in Bucha, Ukraine, Tuesday, April 19, 2022.  (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Steve Daines picks up a child's wooden toy found near the mass graves in Bucha. Image courtesy of the office of Sen. Steve Daines. (Image courtesy of the office of Sen. Steve Daines.)

"We don’t need data to tell us that this is happening. We know that in ordinary life, violence against women is endemic in Ukraine," she added. "So the most important thing for us is to act to care right now, and to make sure that the medical services and the psychosocial services are there to support those women."