Boston College International and Comparative Law Review Volume 18 | Issue 1 Article 5 12-1-1995 International Reproductive Rights: The UR 486 Question Amy D. Porter Follow this and additional works at: http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr Part of the International Law Commons, and the Women Commons Recommended Citation Amy D. Porter, International Reproductive Rights: The RU 486 Question, 18 B.C. Int'l & Comp. L. Rev. 179 (1995), http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/iclr/vol18/iss1/5 This Notes is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Journals at Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boston College International and Comparative Law Review by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Boston College Law School. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. International Reproductive Rights: The RU 486 Questiont INTRODUCTION United Nations authority supporting women's reproductive rights is evidenced by the numerous references to men's and women's equal rights;l the right to life;2 the right to an education;3 the right to self-determination;4 the right to plan a family;5 the right to health;6 the right to privacy;7 and the right to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.s The United Nations International Conference on Population and Development held in Cairo September 5-13, 1994 (Conference in Cairo), stated that although "[i]n no case should [abortion] be promoted as a method of family planning ... [and] all attempts should be made to eliminate the need for abortion ... [i]n circumstances in which abortion is not against the law, such abortion should be safe.''9 International documents nowhere expli cate that reproductive rights include the right to an abortion.