Trends in national and global law and policy on abortion

This session will look at the current political and legal situation of abortion in several countries, but aslo as a subject of global attention in UN human rights work and in the consultations and meetings defining and developing the post-ICPD and post-2015 agenda.

It will look at how abortion law and the criminalisation of abortion in most national laws affect the practice of abortion for health professionals and the safety and accessibility of abortion for women. Marge Berer will also discuss where the world should be going as regards abortion as an integral and necessary part of fertility control.

Speaker:  Marge Berer, founding editor of Reproductive Health Matters.

This pleanary presentation is free and open to all!