Submitted by: D66 

Notes that 

• The individual right to self-determination is a right that must be protected and respected at all times;
• The right to abortion is still restricted in more than two-thirds of all countries;
• Women’s reproductive rights are human rights;
• The WHO specifies that laws should not impose medically unnecessary delays to a requested abortion, such as mandatory waiting periods;
• Sex education and access to family planning is integral to reducing maternal mortality rates and the number of unsafe abortions.  

Stresses that 

• The right to safe and legal abortion is a fundamental right that all citizens should have equal access to; 
• Every year some 60% of unintended pregnancies end in illegal or unsafe non medically induced abortions. This is a major cause of maternal disability, infertility of death specially in developing countries; 
• Criminalising abortions in circumstances where the pregnancy is likely to result in death is an unacceptable violation of reproductive health;
• A strong, united and progressive response is necessary against the global conservative anti-abortion and anti-gender movements;
• There has been a backsliding on sexual rights, and we, as liberals, must not allow or stand for these rights being taken away or limited, but instead widen them on grounds of freedom and individual autonomy.  

Calls on all Liberal International member parties to 

• Advocate for more progressive and liberal sexual and reproductive health and rights, including safe and legal access to abortion, in their respective member countries.  
• Co-ordinate their efforts to expose the international funding and ideology behind far right attempts to undermine the rights of women and minorities.