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The WHO’s Updated Abortion Care Guideline and Its Implications for Member States

The WHO’s Updated Abortion Care Guideline and Its Implications for Member States
The logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) is seen in Geneva, Switzerland, on Dec. 3, 2019. Diego Grandi/Shutterstock
David Bell
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The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that babies should be killed up until the moment they emerge from the birth canal, without delay, whenever a pregnant woman requests it. Through its updated abortion care guideline released in 2022, the WHO expects all Member States to implement this policy.

David Bell
David Bell
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David Bell, senior scholar at the Brownstone Institute, is a public health physician and biotech consultant in global health. He is a former medical officer and scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), programme head for malaria and febrile diseases at the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in Geneva, Switzerland, and director of Global Health Technologies at Intellectual Ventures Global Good Fund in Bellevue, Wash.
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