Joint statement on the Constitutional Judgement on Termination of Pregnancies in Uganda

JOINT STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JUDGEMENT IN
CONSTITUTIONAL PETITIONS NOS. 25 OF 2020 & 10 OF 2017 ON TERMINATION OF
PREGNANCY IN UGANDA

Today, we acknowledge the Constitutional Court’s decision in the consolidated cases ofCenter for
Health Human Rights and Development & Others v Attorney General and Human Rights Awareness and
Promotion Forum v Attorney General.
We specifically welcome the powerful and principled minority decision of the Court. The minority
decision affirms what evidence, constitutional values and medical realities have consistently shown: the
criminalisation of abortion endangers women’s lives, violates their dignity, undermines their right to health,
and contradicts Uganda’s obligations under both national and international human rights law.

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