The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Human Reproduction Programme (HRP) have published a new “Abortion care guideline” in March 2022.
Far from limiting themselves to their mission of providing assistance and advice to health professionals, the document (WHO issues new guidelines on abortion to help countries deliver lifesaving care) promotes a complete liberalization of abortion that is unprecedented in the world: it recommends, among other things, the legalization of abortion on demand and without conditions until the end of the pregnancy (pp. 24 and 28), the reduction of the freedom of conscience of the medical professions (p. 41 and following) and not informing parents in case of an abortion performed on their minor daughter (p. 43).
Detailed analysis of the document (in French): L'OMS PROMEUT L'AVORTEMENT
In response to such recommendations, the European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) wishes to alert you against this instrumentalization of the WHO by external actors advocating …More