Human rights campaigners have called on doctors to stop the “forced sterilisation”of Roma women during an address to a medical conference in South Africa.
The Council of Europe’s team of experts used the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) conference, in Cape Town from 4-9 October, to demand from doctors higher ethical standards and a greater respect for human rights.
“The right to bodily integrity is a fundamental human right,” said Christina Zampas, a Council of Europe consultant and senior legal adviser for Europe to the Center for Reproductive Rights.
“There are doctors who are doing this who may have underlying racist attitudes. We want doctors to understand that this is illegal and discriminatory.”
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