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WHO Official Praises Obama's Recognition Of Need For Legal Abortion

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com

19.04.2010    During a recent United Nations press conference on reducing maternal mortality, World Health Organization Director General Margaret Chan praised President Obama's support of access to legal abortion services, the CanWest News Service/Vancouver Sun reports. A select group of 40 government, U.N. and foundation representatives are meeting this week to discuss the creation of a "joint action plan" on maternal and child health, which U.N. member states will be asked to adopt at the agency's September summit. Improving maternal and child health are two of U.N's Millennium Development Goals.

Chan said abortion is a "very complex, difficult and sensitive issue" but added that she is "pleased to see the change" in U.S policy under Obama.

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