UN Special Rapporteurs Call for Strong Action on International Safe Abortion Day
September 28, 2017

The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) welcomes the unprecedented call to action on women’s rights by United Nations human rights experts marking International Safe Abortion Day.

In a statement, the independent experts, who cover areas of health, law, discrimination, human rights and extrajudicial killings, urged “all States to end the criminalization of abortion and to ensure that all women are able to access all necessary health services, including sexual and reproductive health care, in a manner that is safe, affordable and consistent with their human rights.”

The experts rightly denounced the denial of essential health services caused by criminalization and stigma as a violation of women’s human rights.

Continued at source: International Women’s Health Coalition: https://iwhc.org/press-releases/un-rapporteurs-action-international-safe-abortion-day-2017/