Rahman, Anika

Toward Government Accountability for Women's Reproductive Rights

This article focuses on the many reproductive right violations that take place throughout the world. This particularly affects women and as a result, worldwide, many women are left without adequate reproductive healthcare. Part I of this article first explains reproductive health as a human right.

A Global Review of Laws on Induced Abortion, 1985-1997

This article discusses how the legal status of induced abortion helps determine the availability of safe, affordable abortion services in a country, which in turn influences rates of maternal mortality and morbidity. It aims to inform people of both the current status of abortion laws worldwide and the extent to which those laws are changing. The article reviews abortion-related laws in 152 nations and dependent territories and documents the changes in laws since 1985.