Abortion and human rights: Examples from Latin America

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Walsh, Janet ^a   Möllmann, Marianne ^a   Heimburger, Angela ^a  

^a Women's Rights Division

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADVOCACY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN RIGHTS; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 53549117724     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2008.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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