Freitas, Ángela

Abortion as a human right: possible strategies in unexplored territory
Freitas, Ángela - 2003 - Women's human rights: unfinished business, Santiago (Chile), Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, 69-75

Keywords : abortion law; adult; campaigns; court decision; empowerment; family planning; feminism; human rights [women]; induced abortion; legal aspects; political factors; postconception fertility control; recommendations; religion; religious aspects; reproductive rights; research methodology; sexual behaviour; women
Countries : asia; Developed countries; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Europe; Latin America

Abstract : Women's struggle for the right to terminate an unwanted or mistimed pregnancy through access to safe, dignified abortion services is currently at a crossroads. Today, we need empowered actions based on effective strategies, permanent coordination of our efforts and a great deal of political will. Towards the end of the 1970s and through the early 1980s when the feminist movement unfurled this political banner, our discourse focused on criticizing the criminalization of abortion which leads to the inhumane treatment of women who have resorted to clandestine abortions. This approach led to a criticism aimed at governments for failing to fulfill their obligation to respect women's rights to life, liberty, and to control their own bodies, a perspective not yet explored by in formal jurisprudence. (excerpt)

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