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US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation
ABORTION

Trump’s reimposition of the Global Gag Rule denies many vital reproductive healthcare

US curtailment of information on, and access to, contraception and abortion care is a human rights violation and endangers people’s health around the world

  • Kelly Blanchard & Evelyn Opondo
5 min read
Abortion rights activists react after the Indiana Senate votes to ban abortion, inside the Indiana State house during a special session in Indianapolis. The legislature held a special session to ban abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in June. Holcomb signed the bill into law. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
ABORTION

Safe abortion: New calls for full decriminalisation

On International Safe Abortion Day, the author issues a new call that nobody be forced into child-bearing UN Population Fund has described such restrictive legislation as…

  • Lynette Mudekunye
5 min read