It took until July https://gazettenet.com/2026/07/22/columnist-carrie-n-baker-a-groundbreaking-un-resolution-calls-forced-pregnancy-what-it-is-reproductive-violence/2026, for the world’s leading human rights body to call forcing someone to be pregnant — or forcing them not to be — what it is: reproductive violence. In a landmark resolution adopted unanimously, the UN Human Rights Council formally recognized “reproductive violence” as a specific, systemic form of gender-based violence.
Columnist Carrie N. Baker: A groundbreaking UN resolution calls forced pregnancy what it is: reproductive violence
