openDemocracy’s investigations into global networks of crisis pregnancy centres and ‘abortion pill reversal’ treatments backed by US Christian Right groups reveal how women across the world are repeatedly given misleading information about their health and rights.
Legal experts participating in an openDemocracy panel discussion yesterday said that anti-abortion misinformation was a “systematic violation of rights” and denounced it as “outrageous”.
“Information availability is one of the underlying determinants of the right to health,” said Melissa Upreti, the vice-chair of the UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls. “Without the right information that is scientifically based and backed by evidence, the quality of care is compromised.”
