In a section of the report on human rights IFRC quotes a widely
criticized document issued by Anand Grover, the UN Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Health, which said, "States must take
measures to ensure that legal and safe abortion services are
available, accessible, and of good quality." The IFRC report
goes on to editorialize, "But the real challenge is to find out
how many states will indeed change their policies accordingly.”
This may lead some to believe IFRC could eventually declare
abortion a human right as Amnesty International did in 2007.
Amid much controversy, Amnesty International simply announced
that endorsing abortion as a right was a "natural" outgrowth of
its 2-year campaign countering violence against women. Initially
an external relations manager at IFRC told the Friday Fax the
organization “definitely” did not consider abortion a human
right. Gabriel Pictet, the manager of IFRC’s community health
unit said, "IFRC did not change its position on abortion as a
human right. To my knowledge