Legal barriers to access abortion services through a human rights lens: the Uruguayan experience
Legal barriers to access abortion services through a human rights lens: the Uruguayan experience
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10.1080/09688080.2017.1422664
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2018-01-01
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Berro Pizzarossa, Lucia
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Berro Pizzarossa, Lucia
性健康和生殖健康在国际人权法领域日益重要。联合国各机构的工作，特别是最近通过的第22号一般性意见，有助于表明性健康和生殖健康法律的框架的重要性，并有助于制定明确的准则，指导各国颁布/修改/废除国家法律，以履行其在性健康和生殖健康方面的国际义务。尽管在该地区，乌拉圭被视为妇女地位和权利（包括性和生殖健康和权利）方面的先驱，但有证据表明存在许多挑战。本文探讨了乌拉圭堕胎法在多大程度上符合第22届大会概念化的乌拉圭国际人权义务。它使用乌拉圭堕胎法、其管制法令和最高行政法院在Alonso等人诉Poder Ejecutivo一案中的裁决作为讨论的主要支点。结果表明，尽管乌拉圭在国际上受到赞扬，并通过了限制较少的堕胎法，但在通过一个符合国际标准并保证有效获得堕胎服务的法律的框架方面仍有不足。
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has increasingly gained importance in the field of international human rights law. The work of the United Nations (UN) bodies, in particular the recently adopted General Comment 22 (GC 22), has been instrumental in signalling the importance of the SRH legal framework and in setting clear guidelines to steer countries into enacting/modifying/repealing national laws in order to comply with their international obligations vis-a-vis SRH. Although within the region Uruguay is regarded as a pioneer in terms of women's status and rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, evidence points to a number of challenges. This article explores the extent to which the Uruguayan abortion law complies with the country's international human rights obligations as conceptualised by GC 22. It uses the Uruguayan abortion law, its regulatory decree, and the highest administrative court's decision in Alonso et al v. Poder Ejecutivo as the main pivots for the discussion. The results reveal that - in spite of the praise it receives at the international level and the adoption of a less restrictive abortion law - Uruguay has fallen short in adopting a legal framework that complies with the international standards and guarantees effective access to abortion services.