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July 12 2018:
Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chile, Comoros, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Eritrea, Macedonia, New Zealand, Slovakia, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Yemen.
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- 2018 Sep 05Request for Sign-On: HRC39 Joint NGO statement on abortion rightsIn support of the September 28 “Global Day of Action for Access to Safe and Legal Abortion” Sexual Rights Initiative, Center for Reproductive Rights, Ipas, [...]
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Read this thread for global updates on barriers to abortion at #HRC39 👇🏻 twitter.com/SexualRights/s…
Happening now at #HRC39: 'Rights Unrealized' a panel on today's barriers to abortion access. #SRHR Live updates in this thread 👇 twitter.com/SexualRights/s…
Samreen Shahbaz, @ARROW_Women: "Data gaps must be addressed to reflect the experiences of women who are young, poor, migrants, refugees, living with HIV, etc." #SRHR #HRC39 #SafeAbortion
Samreen Shahbaz, @ARROW_Women: "Internet is being used to generate more awareness. Abortion services must be youth-friendly. #ComprehensiveSexualityEducation is also crucial for adolescents and young women to exercise their rights." #SRHR #SafeAbortion #HRC39
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen: "Policy-makers should not include a provision for providers to refuse health care services." #SafeAbortion #SRHR #HRC39
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen, on "conscientious objection" to abortion: "We need to reclaim the concept of conscience so that it is not used as a misnomer; to rename it as a refusal to provide care; and to make clear that it is women who pay the price." #SafeAbortion #HRC39 #SRHR
Leah Hoctor, @ReproRights: "Positive developments in Europe (#Ireland, #IsleOfMan, #Cyprus) were the result of several strategies, of the discussion of abortion by the public, which drove political will, and of pressure by @UNHumanRights bodies on #abortionrights." #HRC39 #SRHR
Samreen Shahbaz, @ARROW_Women: "... and access-related barriers to abortion exist in remote areas, in humanitarian settings, etc." #HRC39 #SRHR #SafeAbortion
Samreen Shahbaz, @ARROW_Women: "In the Asian context, legal barriers exist, as well as social barriers, including the stigmatization of premarital sex, information-related barriers, such as lack of awareness of where to go, even when abortion is legal..." #HRC39 #SRHR
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen: "Women pay the price of consciencious objections, often with their lives." #HRC39 #SRHR #AbortoLegalYa #SafeAbortion
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen: "Most countries have some kind of legal provision allowing conscientious objection in the context of abortion. Often, the compromise is to have a referral procedure in place... but that procedure is often ineffective." #HRC39 #SRHR #SafeAbortion
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen: "Women have suffered severe complications, and even died as a result of conscientious objection to abortion, which constitutes an added barrier to access this service." #HRC39 #SRHR
Michelle Truong, @IntlWomen: "The term "conscientious objection," when used in relation to #abortion, is actually a misnomer and a cooptation of a term originally used in the context of conscientious objections to participating in war." #SRHR #HRC39
There are many problem in accessing safe #abortion care: social, information & service barriers. ARROW’s Samreen Shahbaz will talk about these at the @HRC39 side event, Rights Unrealized. The event is starting now #SRHR @SexualRights @rhrn_youthsrhr @Rutgers_INTL @IntlWomen
Leah Hoctor, @ReproRights: "Practical barriers include lack of information, and lack of geographic coverage to access abortion services. But States have the obligation under #IHRL to ensure that these services are accessible to all women, including in rural areas." #HRC39 #SRHR
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