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Reproductive Health Matters
An international journal on sexual and reproductive health and rights
Volume 20, 2012 - Issue 39: Maternal mortality or women's health: time for action
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Human rights accountability for maternal death and failure to provide safe, legal abortion: the significance of two ground-breaking CEDAW decisions

Eszter KismödiHuman Rights Adviser, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, [email protected]
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Judith Bueno de MesquitaLecturer, School of Law and Human Rights Centre, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
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Ximena Andión IbañezDeputy Director, Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida; and President, EQUIS: Justice for Women, Mexico City, Mexico
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Rajat KhoslaEconomic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator (Health), Amnesty International, London, UK
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Lilian SepúlvedaDirector, Global Legal Program, Center for Reproductive Rights, New York, NY, USA
Pages 31-39 | Published online: 09 Jul 2012

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Doris Burtscher, Catrin Schulte-Hillen, Jean-François Saint-Sauveur, Eva De Plecker, Mohit Nair & Jovana Arsenijević. (2020) “Better dead than being mocked”: an anthropological study on perceptions and attitudes towards unwanted pregnancy and abortion in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters 28:1.
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Theresa McGovern. (2013) No risk, no gain: invest in women and girls by funding advocacy, organizing, litigation and work to shift culture. Reproductive Health Matters 21:42, pages 86-102.
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Marge Berer. (2013) Termination of pregnancy as emergency obstetric care: the interpretation of Catholic health policy and the consequences for pregnant women. Reproductive Health Matters 21:41, pages 9-17.
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Ana Cristina González Vélez. (2012) “The health exception”: a means of expanding access to legal abortion. Reproductive Health Matters 20:40, pages 22-29.
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Simone Diniz. (2012) Materno-infantilism, feminism and maternal health policy in Brazil. Reproductive Health Matters 20:39, pages 125-132.
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Michele Eggers. 2018. Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse. Global Perspectives on Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Across the Lifecourse 173 188 .
Jennifer Templeton Dunn, Katherine Lesyna & Anna Zaret. (2017) The role of human rights litigation in improving access to reproductive health care and achieving reductions in maternal mortality. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 17:S2.
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Therese McGinn & Sara E. Casey. (2016) Why don’t humanitarian organizations provide safe abortion services?. Conflict and Health 10:1.
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Arlette Gautier & Chrystelle Grenier-Torres. (2015) Controverses autour des droits reproductifs et sexuels. Autrepart N° 70:2, pages 3-21.
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Rachel Hammonds & Gorik Ooms. (2014) The emergence of a global right to health norm – the unresolved case of universal access to quality emergency obstetric care. BMC International Health and Human Rights 14:1.
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Ellen MH Mitchell, Silke Heumann, Ana Araujo, Leila Adesse & Carolyn Tucker Halpern. (2014) Brazilian adolescents’ knowledge and beliefs about abortion methods: a school-based internet inquiry. BMC Women's Health 14:1.
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Henriette Sinding Aasen. 2013. Women's Human Rights. Women's Human Rights 292 320 .
Joanna N. Erdman, Teresa DePiñeres & Eszter Kismödi. (2013) Updated WHO guidance on safe abortion: Health and human rights. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 120:2, pages 200-203.
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