"The Special Rapporteur considers the impact of criminal and other legal restrictions on abortion; conduct during pregnancy; contraception and family planning; and the provision of sexual and reproductive education and information. Some criminal and other legal restrictions in each of those areas, which are often discriminatory in nature, violate the right to health by restricting access to quality goods, services and information. They infringe human dignity by restricting the freedoms to which individuals are entitled under the right to health, particularly in respect of decision-making and bodily integrity. Moreover, the application of such laws as a means to achieving certain public health outcomes is often ineffective and disproportionate."

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, released a report on the 24th in which he called on states to remove legal restrictions to abortion and contraception access and provide full information/education on sexual and reproductive health. This is based on his argument that, “The right to sexual and reproductive health is a fundamental part of the right to health.” This is being referred to as a “ground-breaking” report on the sexual and reproductive health rights under the law, and indeed it is. (via thepoliticalnotebook)