Berro Pizzarossa Lucía
a PhD Candidate , University of Groningen , Groningen , Netherlands .
b Legal Advisor to Mujer y Salud Uruguay (MYSU) , Montevideo , Uruguay .
Reprod Health Matters. 2018 Dec;26(52):1422664. doi: 10.1080/09688080.2017.1422664.
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) has increasingly gained importance in the field of international human rights law. The work of the United Nations (UN) bodies, in particular the recently adopted General Comment 22 (GC 22), has been instrumental in signalling the importance of the SRH legal framework and in setting clear guidelines to steer countries into enacting/modifying/repealing national laws in order to comply with their international obligations vis-à-vis SRH. Although within the region Uruguay is regarded as a pioneer in terms of women's status and rights, including sexual and reproductive health and rights, evidence points to a number of challenges. This article explores the extent to which the Uruguayan abortion law complies with the country's international human rights obligations as conceptualised by GC 22. It uses the Uruguayan abortion law, its regulatory decree, and the highest administrative court's decision in Alonso et al v. Poder Ejecutivo as the main pivots for the discussion. The results reveal that - in spite of the praise it receives at the international level and the adoption of a less restrictive abortion law - Uruguay has fallen short in adopting a legal framework that complies with the international standards and guarantees effective access to abortion services.
性与生殖健康（SRH）在国际人权法领域日益受到重视。联合国机构的工作，特别是最近通过的第22号一般性意见（GC 22），对于彰显性与生殖健康法律框架的重要性以及制定明确指导方针以引导各国制定/修改/废除国内法律以履行其在性与生殖健康方面的国际义务起到了重要作用。尽管在该地区乌拉圭在妇女地位和权利方面，包括性与生殖健康及权利方面被视为先驱，但有证据表明存在一些挑战。本文探讨乌拉圭堕胎法在多大程度上符合第22号一般性意见所界定的该国国际人权义务。它以乌拉圭堕胎法、其监管法令以及最高行政法院在阿隆索等人诉行政部门案中的裁决作为讨论的主要切入点。结果显示，尽管乌拉圭在国际层面受到赞誉且通过了限制较少的堕胎法，但在采用符合国际标准并保障有效获得堕胎服务的法律框架方面仍有不足。
