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Excerpt from www.standardmedia.co.keThe word abortion was left out of a G7 summit statement agreed on Friday, reflecting a rift on the issue between the host, Italy’s far-right premier Giorgia Meloni, and her allies.
Leaders of the Group of Seven rich democracies last year committed to addressing “access to safe and legal abortion”, in a statement after a summit in Hiroshima in Japan.
But that reference did not appear in the final statement agreed at this year’s summit in Puglia — with diplomats blaming Prime Minister Meloni.
The statement read: “We reiterate our commitments in the Hiroshima leaders’ communique to universal access to adequate, affordable, and quality health services for women, including comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.”
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