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UN Expert Says Countries Must Legalize Drugs, Prostitution and Abortion

Mofokeng argues that abortion, prostitution, and non-disclosure of HIV status to sexual partners may pose “no actual or potential harm” and that laws criminalizing such conduct are part of the legacy of “harmful norms and policies” spread by colonialism. The claims were made by Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, the UN Rapporteur on the Right to Health, in her latest report on a “human rights based approach to harm reduction.”