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A proposed amendment to Pennsylvania's constitution that would enshrine abortion restrictions in state law, passed in the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee on Tuesday. The amendment, if passed, would prevent the courts from making any unilateral decision on abortion rights. ....
Access to Medical Abortion and Self-Managed Abortion: FIGO and Partners Share Key Insights with the United Nations Image On 18th March 2021, FIGO – in collaboration with the Centre for Reproductive Rights and Ipas – organised a discussion on ‘Access to medical abortion and self –managed abortion. Key insights from health workers and human rights advocates: on guaranteeing human rights’ with United Nations treaty monitoring committee members and Special Procedures mandate holders. These elected UN experts have a responsibility to interpret human rights treaties, which includes monitoring states’ compliance with their legally binding human rights obligations and recommendations from UN experts. This includes reproductive rights and access to safe abortion. The UN experts do this by conducting fact-finding missions and issuing progress reports and statements, in addition to conducting review meetings with governments to assess their progress. ....