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    Women Deliver calls for abortion within universal health coverage

    This week thousands of feminists gathered in Kigali, Rwanda. One of the messages on repeat is that abortions must be normalized as a standard medical procedure.

    By Sara Jerving // 20 July 2023

    Including abortion in universal health coverage was one of the main messages emerging from the Women Deliver conference this week in Kigali, Rwanda.

    The conference, which ends Thursday, showcased stories of countries that have expanded access, and speakers called for abortion to be treated as a simple medical procedure.

    “If you cannot legalize or you cannot access safe abortion, I think you’ll never have equitable health care,” Dr. Sangeeta Kaushal Mishra, a health secretary at Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, told the audience.

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