UN Report Classifies Lack Of Access to Abortion as "Torture"

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16. Here is the actual report, please note it is a report on Torture NOT woman's rights

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http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf

The quote is from paragraph 46 of the above report:

46. International and regional human rights bodies have begun to recognize that abuse
and mistreatment of women seeking reproductive health services can cause tremendous and
lasting physical and emotional suffering, inflicted on the basis of gender.32 Examples of such violations include abusive treatment and humiliation in institutional settings;33 involuntary sterilization; denial of legally available health services 34 such as abortion and post-abortion care; forced abortions and sterilizations;35 female genital mutilation; 36 violations of medical secrecy and confidentiality in health-care settings, such as denunciations of women by medical personnel when evidence of illegal abortion is found; and the practice of attempting to obtain confessions as a condition of potentially life-saving medical treatment after abortion.

Footnote 32 of the above report refers to the following: "Reproductive Rights Violations as Torture and Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment: A Critical Human Rights Analysis:" That report can be found here:

http://reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/TCIDT.pdf