The Legal and Policy Framework on Medical Abortion Self-Care Policy Brief - 2023
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This policy brief highlights the urgent need to address these challenges and emphasizes the importance of ensuring universal access to legal and safe abortion services for girls and women of reproductive age worldwide.
It advances conversations on the need for comprehensive policies and interventions to ensure their reproductive health and rights thrive in a supportive legal environment. Abortion is a fundamental reproductive right that enables women to make autonomous decisions about their bodies and reproductive health. Despite its commonality, many girls and women encounter obstacles that impede their access to safe abortion services. These mainly include, insufficient availability of safe abortion services, particularly in low-income countries, restrictive abortion laws and policies in certain jurisdictions which further hinder women’s ability to access safe and legal abortion services, societal stigma and discrimination surrounding abortion contribute to the marginalization of women seeking these services, exacerbating their vulnerability.
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