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"Safe abortion saves lives": WHO chief criticises US Supreme Court abortion ruling

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Director-general of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reaffirms the WHO's support for women's "right to choose when it comes to their bodies and health, full stop." His comments come in the wake of a June 24 US Supreme Court decision revoking the constitutional right to abortion.

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