The objective of this guideline is to present the complete set of all WHO recommendations
and best practice statements relating to abortion. While legal, regulatory, policy and service …

In June 1999 a United Nations General Assembly Special Session reviewed and appraised
progress toward implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference …

This report assesses progress over the past decade regarding the legality, safety and
accessibility of abortion services worldwide. It summarizes developments in policy and …

We owe a lot to scientists such as Baulieu1 in Paris who developed the progesterone
receptor modulator mifepristone and Bygdeman2 in Stockholm who conducted early trials of …

There are significant variations in the legalisation, restrictions and legal abortion rates
worldwide. This undoubtedly influences the provision and accessibility to abortion services …

CONTEXT: In 2006, the Colombian Constitutional Court partially decriminalized abortion.
However, barriers to access, including improper use of conscientious objection, remain …

About a third of anencephalic fetuses are born alive, but they are not conscious or viable,
and soon die. This neural tube defect can be limited by dietary consumption of foliates, and …

Abstract The Irish Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act seeks to clarify the legal ground
for abortion in cases of risk to life, and to create procedures to regulate women's access to …

Abstract Since the 1994 Cairo Conference on Population and Development, the human
rights movement has embraced the concept of reproductive rights. These are often pursued …

In Tysiąc v. Poland (2007) the Strasbourg Court ruled in favour of the applicant (who had
been denied access to a lawful therapeutic abortion), finding that Poland had failed to …