Why more US women are moving abroad: ‘there’s always a level of stress on your shoulders’

As many as 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they want to migrate, citing better work life balance to Trump’s politics It was in 2022, when Americans were reeling from the news that the supreme court had overturned Roe v Wade, that Jen Barnett got a firsthand glimpse of just how viable her new business could be. Days before the court ruling, she had launched a website aimed at Americans looking to move abroad. As confusion and consternation set in over what the ruling meant for US women, Barnett...

By Ashifa Kassam European community affairs correspondent