{"id":13496,"date":"2010-10-15T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-16T00:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13496"},"modified":"2023-01-25T11:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:59:56","slug":"abortion-and-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13496","title":{"rendered":"Abortion and human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dorothy Shaw<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"158\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/book-bprclinobgyn.jpg\" alt=\"Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics &amp; Gynaecology\" class=\"wp-image-15304\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Best Practice and Research Clinical Obstetrics &#038; Gynaecology<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>Abortion has been a reality in women&#8217;s lives since the beginning of recorded history, typically with a high risk of fatal consequences, until the last century when evolutions in the field of medicine, including techniques of safe abortion and effective methods of family planning, could have ended the need to seek unsafe abortion. The context of women&#8217;s lives globally is an important but often ignored variable, increasingly recognised in evolving human rights especially related to gender and reproduction. International and regional human rights instruments are being invoked where national laws result in violations of human rights such as health and life. The individual right to conscientious objection must be respected and better understood, and is not absolute. Health professional organisations have a role to play in clarifying responsibilities consistent with national laws and respecting reproductive rights. Seeking common ground using evidence rather than polarised opinion can assist the future focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaw D. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1521693410000246?via=ihub\">Abortion and human rights.<\/a> Best Practice and Research Clin Ob Gyn. 2010;24(5):633-646.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dorothy Shaw AbstractAbortion has been a reality in women&#8217;s lives since the beginning of recorded history, typically with a high risk of fatal consequences, until the last century when evolutions in the field of medicine, including techniques of safe abortion and effective methods of family planning, could have ended the need to seek unsafe abortion. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13496\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Abortion and human rights&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,554,2,559,1405],"tags":[1536],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-13496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortion","category-ethics","category-journal-article","category-law","category-obstetrics","tag-dorothy-shaw"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Abortion and human rights - Protection of Conscience Project Library<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Conscientious objection must be respected &amp; better understood &amp; is not absolute. 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