GUYANA-ABORTION-TBs-CCPR

Concluding Observations on Report 3 (2024) (Link)

Maternal mortality, sexual and reproductive health and voluntary termination of pregnancy

20. While noting the information provided by the State party that the maternal mortality rate is decreasing, the Committee is concerned that it remains high (100 deaths per 100,000 live births). The Committee is also concerned about the limited access to safe, legal and effective abortion services in all areas of the country, in particular for Indigenous women, women living in rural areas and women living in poverty, which results in a high number of unsafe, clandestine abortions. The Committee is further concerned about increasing breast cancer mortality due to lack of adequate health services, including access to mammograms and other screening services that can promote the early detection of breast cancer among women throughout the territory (arts. 2, 6 and 7).

21. In the light of paragraph 8 of the Committee’s general comment No. 36 (2018) on the right to life, the State party should redouble its efforts to prevent and combat maternal mortality and ensure women’s access to safe and legal abortion in practice, especially for Indigenous women, women in rural areas and women living in poverty. It should strengthen its efforts to address the high rates of breast cancer by improving prevention, as well as early detection, treatment and psychological support for women and girls with cancer, and allocating adequate human and financial resources for that purpose.

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Concluding Observations on Report 2 (2000) (Link)

[no mention]

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Concluding Observations on Report 1 (1982) (Link)

[no mention]

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