The Right to Abortion in North Macedonia

Abstract

 Equitable access to safe abortion is part of the corpus of human rights. Providing women with access to safe abortion means 
protection and realization of one of their fundamental human rights. However, around the world, even nowadays, women face 
not only legal obstacles, but as well stigmatization and conviction against fulfillment of the right to abortion. In North Macedo
nia there a multiple type of barriers and large inequalities related to the accessibility and availability of reproductive healthcare 
services. Women with low socio-economic status are mostly affected. The need for contraception has not been met and repro
ductive healthcare services are unevenly distributed across the country.