SRHR and access to abortion
Commitment description:In my activism, work and movements I am part of, will continue to advocate so that abortion, including abortion self-care, be safe, legal, available, accessible and affordable by calling for eliminating all laws and policies that restrict or criminalize access to safe abortion. We commit to support and uplift efforts that ensure that universal health coverage integrates --and makes accessible, affordable and stigma free -- an essential package of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health information, and services, including abortion, post-abortion and contraception, into national strategies and programs.
Mode of engagement:
- Change or creation of legislationChange the legislation on abortion to it be legal, safe and free.
Achieve universal access to sexual and reproductive health as a part of universal health coverage (UHC)(3) Zero preventable maternal deaths and maternal morbidities, such as obstetric fistulas, by, inter alia, integrating a comprehensive package of sexual and reproductive health interventions, including access to safe abortion to the full extent of the law, measures for preventing and avoiding unsafe abortions, and for the provision of post-abortion care, into national UHC strategies, policies and programmes, and to protect and ensure all individuals’ right to bodily integrity, autonomy and reproductive rights, and to provide access to essential services in support of these rights.
