Governments Worldwide Should Decriminalize Abortion, U.N. Human Rights Experts Say On International Day

U.N. News: Access to legal abortion services needed, to prevent 47,000 women dying each year — U.N. rights experts
“States across the world should act now to decriminalize abortion and make every effort to ensure women and girls have the right to make their own decisions about pregnancy, said a group of United Nations human rights experts on Friday, in a statement marking International Safe Abortion Day…” (9/28).

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