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answer text: On access to abortion services, UK policy is clear: Where abortion is permitted, we can consider support for activities to improve the quality, safety and accessibility of abortion services. UK development assistance is not used to procure illegal services. However, where access to safe abortion is highly restricted and maternal mortality and morbidity are high, which is often the case in conflict settings, we can help make the consequences of unsafe abortion more widely understood and can support processes of legal and policy reform. The UK welcomes the Security Council's focus on improving access to sexual and reproductive health—also a UK priority. In conflict situations UK-funded medical care is provided by humanitarian organisations. These organisations work according to humanitarian principles which include providing aid according to need and need alone and without discrimination of any kind. Our partners are fully conversant with international humanitarian law principals. UN Security Council Resolution 2122(2013) does not impose any additional obligations in this respect.
answer given date: 2014-02-10+00:00
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