Payal Shah

Payal Shah is the director of the Program on Sexual Violence in Conflict Zones at Physicians for Human Rights and a Fellow with the International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She is a leading global legal expert on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and has documented and advocated against human rights violations arising from abortion bans in numerous countries around the world.

Supporters of abortion rights rally following the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling in St. Paul, Minn., on June 25, 2022.

It’s Time to Call Abortion Bans What They Are—Torture and Cruelty It’s Time to Call Abortion Bans What They Are—Torture and Cruelty

The US must learn from other countries where denials of abortion are considered intentional, state-inflicted torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.

Jun 9, 2023 / Payal Shah and Akila Radhakrishnan

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