Medication Abortion in Canada: A Right-to-Health Perspective

AUTOR(ES)

Erdman, Joanna N.

FONTE

American Public Health Association

RESUMO

The right to health under the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, to which Canada is a signatory, entitles women to available, accessible, and acceptable abortion care. Abortion care in Canada currently fails this standard. Medication abortion (the use of drugs to terminate a pregnancy) could improve abortion care in Canada, but its potential remains unrealized.

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