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Recommendation
The United Nations subregional team noted that abortion was illegal in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines with few exceptions, that many clandestine abortions reportedly occurred every year and that the legislation provided that a person who committed abortion was liable to 14 years’ imprisonment. The HR Committee recommended that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines review its legislation to ensure safe, legal and effective access to abortion where the life and health of the pregnant woman or girl was at risk and where carrying a pregnancy to term would cause the pregnant woman or girl substantial pain or suffering, most notably where the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest or where the fetus was not viable. [Para 46]
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