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Received: 31 July 2017

Accepted: 3 January 2018

First Online: 1 February 2018

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: KP (MSc, LLM) is a PhD candidate at the University Medical Centre Groningen, and Research Fellow at the Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre. She co-authored this manuscript as a Visiting Health & Human Rights Fellow in the Comparative Program on Health & Society at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada. She co-founded the Health & Gender Policy Hub.LBP (MJur (oxon)) is a doctoral candidate at the International Law Department and a Research Fellow at the Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre at the University of Groningen and a legal advisor for MYSU (Women & Health) in Uruguay. She co-founded the Health & Gender Policy Hub. .JS is a consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Medical Centre Leeuwarden and a Professor in International Aspects of Reproductive Health, in particular Safe Motherhood at the University Medical Centre Groningen. He is the chairman of the Dutch Working Party International Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health and holds several other positions related to the field. .

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