...to health care, for example.

To deprive a woman of appropriate care, or not to offer it, at this vulnerable time is to increase greatly both her and her baby's likelihood of death. Yet in many countries, health services are not widely available for childbearing women.

Human rights in pregnancy and childbirth

The entitlement to receive care in pregnancy and childbirth is recognised in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women...

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