Self-Managed Abortion in Africa: The Decriminalization Imperative in Regional Human Rights Standards
Self-managed abortion holds particular promise for revolutionizing people’s access to quality reproductive care in Africa, where the burden of abortion-related mortality is the highest globally and where abortion remains criminalized, in violation of various internationally and regionally recognized...
Main Authors: | Lucía Berro Pizzarossa, Michelle Maziwisa, Ebenezer Durojaye |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
2023-06-01
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Series: | Health and Human Rights |
Online Access: | https://www.hhrjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2469/2023/06/pizzarossa.pdf |
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