Ms Christina Zampas:

On the question as to whether human rights bodies have defined what "risk to health" is, they have not done so precisely because they are human rights bodies. They are not medical institutions with medical knowledge. In Europe, in countries where a health exception extends beyond the time limits for abortion on request, the laws do not define it because it really depends on the woman's individual situation. That assessment is best made in a clinical setting as opposed to by the legislature or, worse yet, in a courtroom. I think the treaty bodies have viewed it in the same way.