Restricting abortion access \u0022only makes it more deadly\u0022 for people seeking the procedure, a UN secretary\u002Dgeneral spokesman said.
“Sexual and reproductive health and rights are the foundation of a life of choice, empowerment and equality for the world’s women and girls,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters. “Restricting access to abortion does not prevent people from seeking abortion, it only makes it more deadly.”
The U.S. court’s decision was “a major setback” and a “huge blow to women’s human rights and gender equality,” UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement. It said that the United States – along with 178 other countries – backed a 1994 program that “recognized how deadly unsafe abortions are and urged all countries to provide post-abortion care to save lives, irrespective of the legal status of abortion.”
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