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U.N. Human Rights Expert Condemns Broad Range of Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 10, 2016.  Child marriage, forced pregnancy testing in schools, abuse of women seeking maternal health services and restrictive abortion laws can amount to torture or ill-treatment and must be eradicated, according to a new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture.

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In the report that covers a broad range of reproductive rights violations, the Special Rapporteur calls for the decriminalization of abortion and for states to ensure all women access to abortion…

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