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International Leaders Join Call for End to All Legal Barriers to Abortion
"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies—that is a human right."
Several international lawmakers and leaders joined rights activists Wednesday in a call for all legal barriers to abortion care to be removed worldwide, demanding clinics that were shut down during the pandemic be reopened and for a "global campaign of factual and unbiased information" to counter well-funded anti-choice groups.
"Our fear, as we emerge from the shock of a global pandemic, is that the situation facing women and girls risks getting worse unless we act now." --SheDecides
"Right now, across the world, women and girls are routinely denied full access to their sexual and reproductive rights and freedoms," the letter reads. "The disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic particularly on women's economic empowerment and increased sexual and gender-based violence makes the need to secure gender equality more pressing than ever."
\u201c"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies - that is a human right" #SheDecides Guiding Group Chair @PloumenLilianne says we must dismantle barriers to access #SRHR services & centre women's rights in pandemic recovery. Read more here: https://t.co/8YPpc5Bizn\u201d— SheDecides (@SheDecides) 1623241866
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Several international lawmakers and leaders joined rights activists Wednesday in a call for all legal barriers to abortion care to be removed worldwide, demanding clinics that were shut down during the pandemic be reopened and for a "global campaign of factual and unbiased information" to counter well-funded anti-choice groups.
"Our fear, as we emerge from the shock of a global pandemic, is that the situation facing women and girls risks getting worse unless we act now." --SheDecides
"Right now, across the world, women and girls are routinely denied full access to their sexual and reproductive rights and freedoms," the letter reads. "The disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic particularly on women's economic empowerment and increased sexual and gender-based violence makes the need to secure gender equality more pressing than ever."
\u201c"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies - that is a human right" #SheDecides Guiding Group Chair @PloumenLilianne says we must dismantle barriers to access #SRHR services & centre women's rights in pandemic recovery. Read more here: https://t.co/8YPpc5Bizn\u201d— SheDecides (@SheDecides) 1623241866
Several international lawmakers and leaders joined rights activists Wednesday in a call for all legal barriers to abortion care to be removed worldwide, demanding clinics that were shut down during the pandemic be reopened and for a "global campaign of factual and unbiased information" to counter well-funded anti-choice groups.
"Our fear, as we emerge from the shock of a global pandemic, is that the situation facing women and girls risks getting worse unless we act now." --SheDecides
"Right now, across the world, women and girls are routinely denied full access to their sexual and reproductive rights and freedoms," the letter reads. "The disproportionate impact of the Covid-19 pandemic particularly on women's economic empowerment and increased sexual and gender-based violence makes the need to secure gender equality more pressing than ever."
\u201c"Women must have the right to decide about their own bodies - that is a human right" #SheDecides Guiding Group Chair @PloumenLilianne says we must dismantle barriers to access #SRHR services & centre women's rights in pandemic recovery. Read more here: https://t.co/8YPpc5Bizn\u201d— SheDecides (@SheDecides) 1623241866