UN Human Rights Council

Human Rights Resolution Spotlights Disparities in Maternal Health Care in the US

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by Ximena Andión Ibañez, Center for Reproductive Rights

July 21, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

A recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution calls on nations to reduce unacceptably high rates of maternal death and illness...including among women in the United States.
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UN Human Rights Council Resolution: Maternal Death, Illness Are Human Rights Violations

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by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

June 18, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a landmark resolution recognizing maternal death and illness as a pressing human rights concern.

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