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Moldovan Woman in Prison for Having an Abortion: European Court of Human Rights to Review

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

February 18, 2009 - 4:31pm (Print)

A young pregnant woman in Moldova is jailed for undergoing an abortion, denied adequate health care, and subject to discrimination and humiliation by male guards in prison. Human rights groups have filed a complaint on her behalf.

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