GENEVA, AUG. 2, 2001 (Zenit.org).- The U.N. Human Rights Committee has recommended that Guatemala guarantee women legal access to abortion, LifeSite News reported.
The committee, at the conclusion of its 72nd session last week, also ordered the country to provide pregnant women with «the information and the means necessary to guarantee these rights.»
The committee was reacting to Guatemala´s Constitution, which guarantees the right to life of the unborn. The constitution states: «Article 3. Right to life. The State guarantees and protects human life from the time of conception, as well as the integrity and security of the person.»
The committee complained that the criminalization of abortion «creates serious problems, mainly in light of uncontested information on the high incidence of maternal mortality, of clandestine abortions, and the lack of information on family planning.»
