Preventing State Harassment of Abortion Providers: The Work of the Legal Support Network in Latin America and East Africa
Access to safe abortion care is threatened, especially in legally restrictive settings, when providers are harassed or prosecuted on spurious charges. Legal networks have been working with safe abortion providers in Latin America since 2006, and in East Africa since 2010, to short-circuit this intim...
Main Authors: | Ximena Casas, Mitchelle Kimathi-Osiemo, Dee Redwine, Claire Tebbets, Karen Plafker |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights
2019-12-01
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Series: | Health and Human Rights |
Online Access: | https://www.hhrjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2469/2019/12/Casas-Redwine.pdf |
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