Current Amnesty International Position on Abortion

Amnesty's position paper on the Sexual and Reproduct Rights issue, can be downloaded here. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to access the file, which you can download from here.

Roll Back Amnesty is calling for the roll back of four components of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights Policy, but not the entire policy.

Obstructing rape survivors' access to legal abortion services is a violation of their sexual and reproductive rights.

Women must have access to safe and legal abortion services in cases of unwanted pregnancy as a result of rape, sexual assault or incest.

Women must have access to safe and legal abortion services where continuation of pregnancy poses a risk to their life or grave risk to their health.

Imprisonment or other criminal sanctions for seeking or having an abortion is a violation of women's reproductive rights.