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    From Women, Medicine and Faith: Three Voices for the Right to Life

    BRIDGE, 2006
    Catholics for a Free Choice's sister organisation in Nicaragua, Cat¢licas por el Derecho a Decidir, is a group of Catholic women of different professions and from different regions who believe in women's legitimate right to decide about motherhood. In this document, they collect three articles that analyse issues around abortion from a feminist, medical and theological perspective.
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    It is our Decision. Abortion: a Right to Save Women's Lives

    BRIDGE, 2006
    The decision to terminate pregnancy is very complex. Between 2001 and 2005, Ipas, in alliance with the women's movement in Central America organised many initiatives and events to build awareness around the need to recognise reproductive rights, the lack of access to safe abortion public services and the impact that all of this has on women's lives.
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    High Impact Litigation in Colombia: the Unconstitutional Nature of Abortion (LAICIA)

    2006
    By strategically working with the courts in Colombia, the international organisation Women's Link Worldwide contributed towards achieving the liberalisation of Colombia's abortion law.
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    Let's Talk about Abortion, a Personal and Difficult Decision

    2000
    Abortion in Nicaragua is illegal, so women who do not want to carry their pregnancy to term have no other option than recurring to clandestine abortion clinics that are very expensive or to backstreet abortion, which is unsafe and dangerous.
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    Decide - Youth Coalition for Sexual Citizenship

    Decidir, 2007
    Abortion is illegal under many circumstances in Latin American and Caribbean countries, but despite heavy restrictions, nearly 4 million women across the region seek unsafe, clandestine abortions every year and two-thirds of them are between the ages of 15 and 30.
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    Literature on Unsafe Abortion in Africa

    Centre Population et Developpement, 2006
    This publication (available on CD-rom as well as online) contains an interactive and searchable bibliographical database of resources published between 1990 and 2005. It aims to map out what is known about induced abortion (particularly unsafe) in Africa. It is essentially based on research from thematic social science and medical databases, as well as documentation from other sources.
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    Human Rights, Unwanted Pregnancy and Abortion-related Care: Reference Information and Illustrative Cases

    IPAS, 2002
    How can international human rights standards be applied to unwanted pregnancy and abortion-related care? This document provides reference information and illustrative case studies to address this question. Part one explains how international conventions are adopted and how their implementation by States is monitored. Part two introduces the right to health as defined in international treaties.
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    Crafting an Abortion Law that Respects Women's Rights: Issues to Consider

    Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2004
    The safety and accessibility of abortion depends largely on the laws and policies that regulate it. This briefing paper argues that in drafting legislation or regulations regarding abortion, governments should make women's human rights?their rights to reproductive autonomy, equality and health?the primary consideration.
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    Abortion Worldwide: Twelve Years of Reform

    Center for Reproductive Rights, formerly known as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, New York, 2007
    In 1995, the Beijing Platform for Action (BPfA) expressly called upon governments to re-examine restrictive abortion laws. The Beijing mandate reflects a global trend toward abortion law liberalisation - a trend that first gained momentum in the late 1960s and continues today.
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    Expanding Access to Safe Abortion: Strategies for Action

    1998
    Agreements reached in international conferences on women, population, and human rights, as well as human rights treaties, are powerful but under-utilised tools for action to promote women's access to safe abortion services.

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