https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/Sri-Lanka-s-abortion-law-A-straitjacket-on-women https://internationalviewpoint.org/Sri-Lanka-s-abortion-law-A-straitjacket-on-women 2021-08-26T08:39:00Z text/html en Sierra Amarasiri Women Sri Lanka Abortion and reproductive rights <p>A woman's right to decide what happens to her body is at the core of her right to equality, human dignity, and choice. This right is identified as one's bodily autonomy. By criminalising abortion, Sri Lanka's law undermines a woman's right to exercise her bodily autonomy. Despite this criminalisation, women who choose to exercise such rights are vulnerable to unsafe abortion procedures. In 2016, 12.5% of maternal deaths in Sri Lanka were a result of unsafe abortions.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV559-August-2021-" rel="directory">IV559 - August 2021</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Women-+" rel="tag">Women</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Sri-Lanka-+" rel="tag">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Abortion-and-reproductive-rights-+" rel="tag">Abortion and reproductive rights</a>