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International Safe Abortion Day: 28 September 2021: First Call to Action

August 25, 2021

A pandemic puts the need for access to safe abortion into sharp relief, increases the risks of unsafe abortions, and reinforces the need for safe abortion to be available as essential health care. With the poorest and most marginalised women and girls worst affected, the pandemic has restricted access not only to safe abortion but also all other sexual and reproductive healthcare services, including pregnancy and delivery care. Maternal deaths have risen substantially in some places, alongside violence against women. [1] Right-wing governments are showing increasing hostility to women’s rights. Progressive sexuality education and anything related to gender are condemned without rhyme or reason.

SAIGE: Global South Statement on Access to Safe Abortion

September 28, 2020

This is a statement by the SAIGE network commemorating the International Safe Abortion Day on September 28th. This statement has been submitted to the 45th session of the Human Rights Council. Download the full statement here. Marginalised women face multiple oppressions and we can only truly achieve human rights by addressing how they impact one […]

Amnesty International Releases its Updated Institutional Policy on Abortion

September 28, 2020

Amnesty International recognizes the right of every woman, girl or person who can become pregnant to abortion, provided in a manner that respects their rights, autonomy, dignity and needs in the context of their lived experiences, circumstances, aspirations and views. Amnesty International’s abortion policy calls for full decriminalization of abortion and universal access to abortion, post-abortion care and evidence-based, non-biased abortion-related information, free of force, coercion, violence and discrimination. The organization’s approach to abortion is principle-based and derived from international human rights law and standards and long-standing human rights principles.

DECRIMINALIZE ABORTION, SAVE WOMEN’S LIVES — WOMEN’S RIGHTS ADVOCATES URGE CONGRESS TO PASS PROPOSED BILL INTO LAW

September 28, 2020

The Philippine Safe Abortion Advocacy Network drafted the bill that aims to save hundreds of thousands of Filipino women from deaths and complications resulting from the lack of safe abortion in the Philippines.

People’s Health Movement’s Gender Thematic Circle September 28 Campaign Statement

September 28, 2020

Gender, Justice Group of People’s Health Movement (PHM) to reiterate the demand for ‘Access to safe, quality and legal abortion’ and strengthen global solidarity on women’s /feminists and public movements and speak out for the Abortion rights of ALL- young girls, women / pregnant persons. We as PHM issued a statement following the fourth People’s Health Assembly (PHA4) in 2018, which was widely appreciated and contributed to building solidarity with other networks and movements.

#Sept28 South-led Tweet-a-thon

September 25, 2020

This September 28, International Safe Abortion Day, join south-based organizations and young activists in calling for access to #MedicalAbortionNow and asserting #AbortionIsEssential! Learn more about their calls in this resource. Follow @WGNRR, @wgnrr_africa and @Safe_Abortion on Twitter to keep updated!