WHO sounds alarm on courts restricting abortion access ​

The World Health Organization voiced concern Tuesday at courts limiting the right of women to access safe abortion services, following fresh legal maneuvers in the United States. | ManilaBulletin

The World Health Organization voiced concern Tuesday at courts limiting the right of women to access safe abortion services, following fresh legal manoeuvres in the United States.

On Friday, the US Supreme Court temporarily preserved access to a widely-used abortion pill, in an 11th-hour ruling preventing lower court restrictions on the drug from coming into force. "WHO is concerned that the right of women to access safe abortion services, including through the use of medical abortion medicines, are being limited by legislators, and/or courts," Tedros told a press conference.

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