Signatures in Support
The undersigned individuals and organizations support this letter and request the Revised Policy be reviewed and rescinded.
Argentina
Mabel Bianco, Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM), Argentina
María Alicia Gutiérrez, Foro por los Derechos Reproductivos, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariana Romero, Associate researcher, CEDES-CONICET, Argentina
Silvina Ramos, Senior Researcher, Center for the Study of State and Society (CEDES), Argentina
Australia
Jenny Goldie, Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Australia
Lesie Cannold, Reproductive Choice, Australia
Pamela Doherty, Community Educator, Children by Choice, Windsor, Australia
Geoffrey Heaviside, International Centre for Health Equity, Victoria, Australia.
Reproductive Choice, Australia
Jo Wainer, Director, Gender and Medicine Research Unit, Monash Institute of Health Services Research, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia
Bangladesh
Kishwar Azad, Project Director, Perinatal Care Project, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Belgium
Carine Vrancken, Bourgognecentrum, Hasselt, Belgium
Brazil
Leila Adesse, Director, Ipas Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cambodia
Sinead Rowan, Reduction in Maternal Mortality Options Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
+++Canada
Joyce Arthur, Coordinator, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, Canada
Catherine Jenkins, Solidus Communications, Canada
Adam Busch, Harm Reduction Coordinator, Gay Youth & Men ACT, AIDS Committee of Toronto, Canada
Colombia
Cristina Villarreal, Fundacion Orientame, Colombia
Agustin Gonzalez Rodriguez, medical director, ESAR, Columbia
Costa Rica
Soledad diaz pasten, Costa Rica
Adriana Maroto Vargas, Colectiva por el Derecho a Decidir and The Collective Association for Women´s Right to Choose, Costa Rica
Egypt
Soha Abdelaty, Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, Cairo, Egypt
India
Suchitra Dalvie, Coordinator ASAP, India
Brinda Adige, ANANYA-Global Concerns India, Bangalore, India
S.Vinita, CREA, New Delhi, India
Radhika Chandiramani, TARSHI, New Delhi, India.
Gitanjali Priti Bhatia, Centre for Health and Social Justice(CHSJ), New Delhi, India
Mira Sadgopal, MBBS, Maharashtra, India
Sonal Shukla, Vacha Resource Centre for Women and Girls, Mumbai, India
Meena Gopal, Forum Against Oppression of Women and Forum for Women's Health, Mumbai, India
Manisha Gupte, Medico Friend Circle, Pune, India
India con’t
Vineeta, Saheli, India, Saheli Women's Resource Centre, New Delhi, India
Shilpa Phadke, Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.
Ramesh Awasthi, MASUM, Pune, India
Amar Jesani, Independent researcher and bioethicist, Mumbai, India
IT for Change (ITfC), Bangalore, India.
Ammu Abraham, Women's Centre, Bombay, India
Priya Suman Awasthi, Law Student, Pune, India
Ramlath Kavil, Mumbai, India
Gomathy Balasubramanian, Mumbai India
Navtej Nainan, Mumbai, India
Supriya Madangarli, Mumbai, India
Varsha Patel, New Delhi, India
Viji P, Kerala, India
Prasanna Nair, Cochin India
Italy
Marco Perduca, Nonviolent Radical Party, transnational and transparty, Rome, Italy
Marco Cappato, Associazione Luca Coscioni, Rome, Italy
Fiji Islands
Tara Chetty, Communications Officer, Fiji Women's Rights Movement, Suva Fiji Islands
Finland
Hilkka Vuorenmaa,Väestöliitto, the Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland
France
Danielle Gaudry, gyneco-obstetricienn, Mouvement Français pour le planning familial, France
Malaysia
Saira Shameem, Executive Director, Asian-Pacific Resource & Research Centre for Women (ARROW), Malaysia
SP Choong, Reproductive Rights Advocacy Alliance Malaysia (RRAAM) and Chair ASAP, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Mali
MAIGA Djingarey, Femmes et Droits Humains Mali
Mexico
Maria Luisa Sanchez Fuentes, GIRE, Mexico
Maria Consuelo Mejia, Executive Director. Catholics for the Right to Decide, Mexico
Jennifer Barry, Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir (Catholics for the Right to Decide), México
Teresita De Barbieri, investigadora universitaria UNAM, Mexico
Lucía Melgar. Research projects coordinator. University Program in Gender Studies, UNAM, Mexico
Eugenia Lopez Uribe from Balance Promocion para el Desarrollo y Juventud from Mexico
Moldova
Rodica Comendant, ICMA coordinator, Chisinau, Moldova
Nepal
Hom Nath Subedi, SSMP/Options, Kathmandu, Nepal
Netherlands
Bert van Herk, director CASA Clinics for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Netherlands
Femke van Straaten and Thea Schipper, Beahuis & Bloemenhovekliniek, Heemsteede Netherlands
Silke Heumann, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
New Zealand
Jim Hefford, Wellington, New Zealand
Peru
Susana Chavez A, Director of PROMSEX, Peru.
Philippines
Eleanor C. Conda, Independent Human Rights Advocate, Philippines
Puerto Rico
Nahomi Galindo Malavé, Human Rights Activist, Puerto Rico
South Africa
Cherith Sanger, Women’s Legal Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Di Cooper, Women's Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, UCT, Cape Town, South Africa
Marion Stevens, Treatment Monitor (Women and HIV/AIDS Gauge) Health Systems Trust, South Africa
Jennifer Moodley, Women's Health Research Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa
Spain
Josep Lluis Carbonell Esteve, Medical Director, Clinica Mediterranea Medica,SL Member of ACAI, Valencia, Spain
Francisco Valero Atienza, Director Medico Clinica Deia Valencia. Spain
Jose Maria Mari Juan, Medical Director, Clinica Mediterranea Medica,SL Member of ACAI, Castellon, Spain
Sweden
Olle Wängborg, RFSU - The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education, Stockholm, Sweden
Switzerland
Anne-Marie Rey, Abortion-information, Switzerland
Thailand
Peter Hall, CEO Concept Foundation, Bangkok, Thailand
Turkey
Efsa Kuraner, Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR), Istanbul, Turkey
Irazca Geray, Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR), New Ways, Turkey
United Kingdom
Ann Furedi, CEO, British Pregnancy Advisory Service (bpas), UK
Marge Berer, Editor, Reproductive Health Matters, London, UK
Hilary Standing, Director: Realising Rights Consortium, Brighton, UK
M. Felicity Daly , Interact Worldwide, London, UK
Charlotte Watts, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), London, UK
Melissa Cole, Options Consultancy Services, London, UK
Alice Welbourn, Director Salamander Trust, UK
Lexis D. Palfreyman, Options, UK
Clea Meynell, Options Consultancy Services, UK
Antonia Smithies, Options Consultancy Services Ltd, UK
Zoe Anderson, United Kingdom
Sarah Barnett, Options Consultancy Ltd, UK
Susan Askew, Institute of Education, University of London, UK
Rachel Lander, International Planned Parenthood Federation, London, UK
Giulia Besana, London, UK
United States
Lisa Maldonado, Reproductive Health Access Project, New York, USA
Barbara B. Crane, Executive Vice President, Ipas, Chapel Hil, USA
United States con’t
David J Nolan, Director of Communications/Editor of Conscience, Catholics for Choice, Washington, USA
Corinne Carey. National Advocates for Pregnant Women, USA.
Charlotte Bunch, center for women's global leadership, USA
Wayne C. Shields, President and CEO / Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP) Washington, USA
Marlene Gerber Fried, Director, Civil Liberties and Public Policy Program, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, U.S.
Janet Molzan Turan, Assistant Professor Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences University of California, San Francisco, USA
Mindy Jane Roseman, Lecturer on Law Academic Director, Human Rights Program Harvard Law School, Cambridge, USA
Rosalind Petchesky, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA
Tom Merrick and Elaine Murphy, visiting scholars at the Population Reference Bureau, Washington, DC. USA
Uruguay
Alejandra López Gómez, Directora Ejecutiva MYSU - Mujer y Salud en Uruguay, Montevideo
Iniciativas Sanitarias
Vietnam
Phung Bich Thuy, Women Health & Youth international (WHY international) Hanoi, Vietnam
+++Regional and Worldwide Organizations
Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Asia Safe Abortion Partnership
Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), c/o Women and Gender Institute, Miriam College, Katipunan Road, Loyola Heights, Quezon City, Philippines
ICMA (International Consortium for Medical Abortion)
LACAI, The Latin America Consortium Against Unsafe Abortion
Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN)