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Concluding Observations on Report 7 (2021) (Link)

3. The Committee welcomes the adoption by the State party of the following legislative measures:

…(c) The revision to section 219a of the Criminal Code, which prohibited the advertising of information on abortion, through the promulgation of the Act to Improve Access to Information on Abortion, in 2019;

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Voluntary termination of pregnancy and sexual and reproductive rights

18. The Committee commends the State party for amending section 219a of the Criminal Code to allow for the publication of information about the voluntary termination of pregnancy. It remains concerned, however, by provisions that subject women to a mandatory waiting period prior to termination of pregnancy and maintain abortion as an offence (section 218a of the Criminal Code). The Committee is also concerned that, despite the efforts of the State party, women seeking counselling about the voluntary termination of pregnancy continue to be harassed and that some barriers to equal access to sexual and reproductive health services persist, including affordable contraceptive methods (arts. 2–3, 6 and 17).

19. The State party should ensure the full and effective implementation of the amendments to section 219a of the Criminal Code to facilitate women’s access to information about voluntary termination of pregnancy, strengthen the provision of sexual and reproductive health services, including equal and affordable access to contraceptive methods, and step up measures to protect from harassment women seeking counselling. Moreover, the State party should consider repealing provisions that could create barriers to women seeking safe abortions, such as those prescribing mandatory waiting periods.

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Concluding Observations on Report 6 (2012) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 5 (2004) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 4 (1996) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 3 (1990) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (1986) (Link)

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1978) (Link)

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