Q&A: Human Rights Law and Access to Abortion
Updated July 24 2017
Is abortion a human rights issue?
States’ obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights include areas of sexual and reproductive health and autonomy. Where access to safe and legal abortion services are unreasonably restricted, a number of women’s and girls’ human rights may be at risk. These include:
- Right to life
- Rights to health and health care
- Right to information
- Rights to nondiscrimination and equality
- Right to be free from cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment
- Right to privacy
- Right to decide the number and spacing of children
- Right to security of person
- Right to liberty
- Right to enjoy the benefits of scientific progress
- Right to freedom of conscience and religion
Continued at source: Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/07/24/qa-human-rights-law-and-access-abortion