Chapter 11. The Cairo “Compromise” on Abortion and Its Consequences for Making Abortion Safe and Legal

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Part I. Global Agendas and Population and Development Perspectives
5. Chapter 1. Global Reproductive Health and Rights: Reflecting on ICPD 3
6. Chapter 2. The Global Reproductive Health and Rights Agenda: Opportunities and Challenges for the Future 21
7. Chapter 3. The Conundrum of Population and Reproductive Health Programs in the Early Twenty-First Century 40
8. Chapter 4. Population, Poverty Reduction, and the Cairo Agenda 51
9. Chapter 5. Mobilizing Resources for Reproductive Health 60
10. Chapter 6. Measuring Reproductive Health: From Contraceptive Prevalence to Human Development Indicators 72
11. Part II. Human Rights Realizations
12. Chapter 7. Bearing Human Rights: Maternal Health and the Promise of ICPD 91
13. Chapter 8. Advocacy Strategies for Young People’s Sexual and Reproductive Health: Using UN Processes 110
14. Chapter 9. Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Policies and Programs: Synergies and Disconnects 124
15. Chapter 10. Technology, Reproductive Health, and the Cairo Consensus 140
16. Chapter 11. The Cairo “Compromise” on Abortion and Its Consequences for Making Abortion Safe and Legal 152
17. Part III. Challenges to Institutionalizing Reproductive Health and Rights
18. Chapter 12. Advocacy for Sexuality and Women’s Rights: Continuities, Discontinuities, and Strategies Since ICPD 167
19. Chapter 13. Situating Reproductive Health Within the Academy 182
20. Chapter 14. The Political Limits of the United Nations in Advancing Reproductive Health and Rights 196
21. Chapter 15. Examining Religion and Reproductive Health: Constructive Engagement for the Future 211
22. Chapter 16. Conclusion: Conceptual Successes and Operational Challenges to ICPD: Global Reproductive Health and Rights Moving Forward 221
23. Notes 233
24. Bibliography 243
25. Contributors 271
26. Index 279
27. Acknowledgments 291