Outcome Report >> Azerbaijan, Comment, 16

Action Canada for Population and Development and Federation for Women and Family Planning expressed concern about the increasing rates of sex-selective abortion. It noted that forced abortion violated women's fundamental rights such as the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including the right to make an informed decision about any medical procedure and respect for private and family life. It called on the Government to take all necessary measures to enact a comprehensive law on women's reproductive rights, which is free from gender and sexual stereotypes and harmful discriminatory attitudes and fully adopt the concepts of dignity, self-determination and respect for family and private life.