Payal Shah
Payal Shah is the director of research, legal, and advocacy with Physicians for Human Rights, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning organization. She has commented on the chaos and confusion faced by healthcare providers following the rescission of abortion guidance, stressing that criminalization of abortion creates fear among clinicians, ultimately endangering patient care.
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Payal Shah describes the culture of impunity surrounding attacks on reproductive healthcare as acts of genocide.
Childbirth under attack: how women and babies became targets in conflicts around the world | Human rights
United Kingdom· 2025-12-22
Payal Shah, a human rights lawyer and co-author of the report, described the extreme form of sexual violence as horrific and deserving of the world’s attention.
Mass rape, forced pregnancy and sexual torture in Tigray amount to crimes against humanity – report | Global developmentUnited Kingdom· 2025-07-31
Payal Shah, director of research, legal and advocacy with the Physicians for Human Rights, highlighted the fear and paralysis clinicians feel due to criminalization.
Trump administration’s guidance on emergency care law adds to ‘chaos,’ not clarity, in states with strict abortion laws, some doctors say
United States· 2025-06-21
