Criminalisation of sexual and reproductive health 2011, para. 35
Paragraphe
Paragraph text
The stigma resulting from criminalization creates a vicious cycle. Criminalization of abortion results in women seeking clandestine, and likely unsafe, abortions. The stigma resulting from procuring an illegal abortion and thereby breaking the law perpetuates the notion that abortion is an immoral practice and that the procedure is inherently unsafe, which then reinforces continuing criminalization of the practice.
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
Type de document
Special Procedures' report
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
Governance & Rule of Law
Harmful Practices
Health
Personnes concernées
Women
Année
2011
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
SR Health, Report to the UNGA (2011), A/66/254, para. 35.