Abstract (eng)
Due to the restrictive abortion ban in Poland, some pregnant people are compelled to travel abroad for an abortion. These individuals are often supported in their endeavors by activist groups in the destination countries. The following master’s thesis examines the challenges faced by, strategies of transla-tional adopted, and extratranslational services provided by the activist collective Ciocia Wienia, which supports pregnant people in accessing abortion in Vienna. The theoretical framework of the thesis provides insights from three main thematic ar-eas of medical tourism, activism, and abortion, which are also examined from an interpreting perspective. The empirical study provides results from a set of in-depth interviews with the activists of Ciocia Wienia. It investigates challenges the activists face in their work and prob-lem-solving strategies they have developed. The forthcoming analysis is based on the De-mand Control Model by Dean & Pollard (2013). Accordingly, the results indicate that the activists of Ciocia Wienia frequently encoun-ter challenges in communicative situations, which also include interpreting. Further, remain-ing challenges mentioned by the activists relate to environmental (e.g. setting or politics), or intrapersonal (e.g. emotional stress) factors. The activists have developed a set of collective solution strategies, and a few individual solution strategies in order to deal with the chal-lenges.