Reproductive rights. Medical search. Frequent questions

Throughout history, racism and colonisation have impacted reproductive health and rights. (familyplanning.org.nz)

Reproductive rights advocates work to pass laws that allow equal access to all of these health care services for people of all genders, races, ethnicities, religious beliefs, income levels, and legal status -- including those who are in prison or are undocumented immigrants. (webmd.com)
Advocates stressed the importance of mobilizing the Disabled community in support of reproductive freedom. (whitehouse.gov)
White House officials affirmed that participants were essential partners in the effort to protect reproductive rights and invited advocates into continued dialogue. (whitehouse.gov)
Because these programs focused on demographics and not centered on people, programs were prone to human rights violations, and women's rights advocates from the Global South and their allies to the north sounded the alarm. (newsweek.com)
The House's move drew criticism from disability rights advocates and wariness from Sen. Cindy Friedman, the main sponsor of the Senate bill and a smaller-scope version the chamber added to its budget, who said she thinks it could prompt Baker to veto the bill. (wgbh.org)
Family Planning advocates for and provides resources to teach relationships and sexuality education that supports people to be informed about their reproductive rights. (familyplanning.org.nz)
Family Planning advocates for evidence-based laws and policies that are not coercive or discriminatory and allow all people to fully realise their reproductive rights. (familyplanning.org.nz)
Reproductive rights advocates on Friday denounced reports of an extremist Trump appointee pushing anti-choice policies at the United Nations' annual conference on women's rights. (commondreams.org)
As the latest season continues to unfold, the arc of "The Handmaid's Tale" itself has been one that's achingly familiar to reproductive rights advocates - slow, repetitive, and with little progress through the years, much like the ongoing struggle for abortion access and autonomy for pregnant people. (salon.com)
Reproductive rights advocates in Massachusetts and across the country celebrated on Tuesday after lawmakers in the commonwealth's Senate joined with those in the House to override Gov. Charlie Baker's veto of legislation to address what critics called 'medically unnecessary and politically motivated barriers to abortion care. (commondreams.org)

This HLPF 2022 side event, organized by the Women's Major Group, UN Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, and the LGBTI Stakeholder Group, will look into the importance of centrality of human rights to the implementation and achievement of SDG 5 & Agenda 2030. (ngocongo.org)
Willa Brown of Brookline, Mass., holds up a sign reading, "Hell Hath No Fury Like All Women Scorned" during a protest at the Massachusetts State House on May 3, 2022, in support of reproductive rights. (wgbh.org)

In this Maputo@20 Booklet, we feature 20 letters on the Maputo Protocol as narrated by dignitaries and researchers who attended our 2023 Human Rights Academic Conference. (lu.se)

The Center for Reproductive Rights works to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health and rights across the European region. (reproductiverights.org)

State government, this very chamber, is the only place left for the people in Massachusetts who fight for reproductive justice and freedom, who need reproductive justice and freedom," said Sen. Becca Rausch of Needham, later adding, "We are among the few states in the nation to which the pro-choice majority of Americans can look for leadership as reproductive rights nationally have been blasted into oblivion. (wgbh.org)
The fight for the right to abortion is part of a greater fight for reproductive and healthcare justice, which also includes the fight for single-payer healthcare, universal child care, a living wage, and affordable housing. (dissentmagazine.org)
Fight for reproductive rights, smash racism! (workers.org)

This fact-finding report, published jointly with Poradňa pre občianske a ľudské práva, explores the experiences of Roma women who faced segregation and mistreatment in reproductive and maternal healthcare settings in Slovakia and outlines a series of recommendations for change. (reproductiverights.org)
Comprehensive reproductive healthcare is simply a casualty, like LBGTQ rights, carbon emission reductions and other causes that many companies attempt to address within their own four walls but sell out in the political marketplace. (triplepundit.com)
Since 2019, partnering with over thirty institutional investors including New York City Comptroller Scott Springer, Amalgamated Bank, and the Presbyterian Church USA, Rhia Ventures has interviewed dozens of the nation's largest companies about their reproductive healthcare benefits and how they are preparing for a possible post-Roe future. (triplepundit.com)
Conversations about the despicable state of access to abortion and other reproductive care have to lead us to bigger conversations about the inherent flaws in our healthcare system, and what we must do as workers and as a labor movement about that. (dissentmagazine.org)
The rollback of abortion rights is not just a healthcare issue. (dissentmagazine.org)
We have to understand that taking away a woman's right to access healthcare, a woman's right to make her own decisions in her life, is taking half of the population off the table. (dissentmagazine.org)
They're in danger every single day that someone could deny them the right to basic healthcare, to save their lives, to make their own decisions. (dissentmagazine.org)
Even though some of us have beliefs in our personal lives that will prevent us from getting an abortion under most circumstances, we believe that reproductive healthcare decisions, like all healthcare decisions, should be made between patients and their doctors without interference from the government or any other outside force. (dissentmagazine.org)
Since healthcare access is a union issue, it is incumbent upon unions to protect their members' rights to access family planning services and abortion care. (dissentmagazine.org)
Following the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade , many states across the country have enacted new legal barriers to accessing abortion and other reproductive healthcare. (ueunion.org)
Reproductive healthcare affects members, spouses, and children of members at every local, and should be a priority for UE stewards. (ueunion.org)
All UE locals should review your health insurance and time off provisions that might impact access to reproductive healthcare, as outlined below. (ueunion.org)
Make sure that reproductive healthcare is covered under the employer's insurance for everyone, including spouses and dependents in addition to employees, even if this means traveling out of state to receive care. (ueunion.org)
This should include time off to recover from reproductive healthcare services. (ueunion.org)
Investigate the reproductive healthcare services that are available in your area and under your health insurance. (ueunion.org)
The Administration remains fully committed to implementing these Executive Orders and advancing access to reproductive health care through the leadership of the interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access, co-chaired by the White House Gender Policy Council and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). (whitehouse.gov)
Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is providing an update on the work of the Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access and the Administration's ongoing efforts to defend reproductive rights. (whitehouse.gov)

Make sure your emergency contraception is right for you. (women.com)
Losing our right to reproductive choice would open the door to the loss of other freedoms, such as marriage equality, contraception, and gender-affirming care. (constantcontact.com)
Here, staff counsel about 80 patients a day on issues relating to sexual and reproductive rights, including contraception, safe sex, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, teenage pregnancies, and maternal and infant health. (ipsnews.net)
3 In sexual and reproductive health, tools are available for fertility management (ovulation predictors, pregnancy tests, and phone based apps), contraception (vaginal barrier methods, oral emergency contraception, and self administered medical abortion), and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections (self tests for HIV and tests on self samples for human papillomavirus). (bmj.com)
It provides examples of shortcomings that European states must address in particular as regards the rights to life, health, privacy, non-discrimination as well as the right to be free from torture and ill-treatment, with a particular focus on comprehensive sexuality education, modern contraception, safe and legal abortion care, and quality maternal health care. (coe.int)
And today, the President is issuing a third Executive Order focused on strengthening access to affordable, high-quality contraception , a critical aspect of reproductive health care. (whitehouse.gov)

The climate crisis, war, attacks on reproductive rights, book bans-these threats aren't looming. (democracynow.org)

You might also hear this called reproductive autonomy. (webmd.com)
Solutions should prioritize bodily autonomy in making decisions about an individual's sexual or reproductive care, and access to essential resources to support those decisions. (icrw.org)
Participants discussed how access to reproductive health care, including abortion, is shaped by disability status and underscored the importance of bodily autonomy, self-determination and health equity, including culturally competent care. (whitehouse.gov)
reproductive rights and autonomy in the commonwealth,' but also said that he couldn't support expanding the availability of abortions later in pregnancy or permitting minors to get such procedures without the consent of a parent or judge--a position he reiterated when announcing his widely anticipated veto. (commondreams.org)
In addition, it is given content and meaning by a discourse on autonomy, whereby the right to family planning is constructed as a right to make informed decisions on the number, spacing and timing of children, and to be free from violence and coercion. (lu.se)

The project focuses on living conditions in the camps, contraceptives, pregnancy, and abortion, use of sexual and reproductive health services, intimate partner violence, and gender-based violence to better understand how displaced populations have similar or different SRHR needs. (icrw.org)
Globally, most of the 4.3 billion people of reproductive age in the world will lack access to adequate sexual and reproductive health services at some time in their life. (bmj.com)
Vulnerable and marginalised populations could gain access to sexual and reproductive health services that they would otherwise not be able to access through health providers because of stigma, discrimination, distance, or cost. (bmj.com)
In 2009, in the context of discussions about changes to a law that would reduce the scope for legal terminations in Mexico, Dr. Sandra Peniche, founder and director of Humanitarian Sexual and Reproductive Health Services, received death threats. (amnestyusa.org)

ICRW works to develop the evidence base that informs programs and policies around the connections between gender and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) , shedding light on how social and gender norms can influence perceptions of sexuality , fertility choices and preferences, and contraceptive needs and access. (icrw.org)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) sounds complicated, but it's not. (newsweek.com)
More than two decades later, under President Barack Obama, the U.S. officially adopted the term "sexual and reproductive health and rights," and incorporated SRHR into statements and policies on global health, human rights and humanitarian assistance. (newsweek.com)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are essential to fulfilling people's rights to health and well-being, as well as to advance the related social development goals. (kit.nl)
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) cover many different aspects and a vital approach in this broad area is the principle of non-discrimination and equality. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
The interviews showed that the teachers and CBHWs provided sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR) counselling to adolescents and parents . (bvsalud.org)
A regional sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) scorecard was developed with 22 priority indicators. (who.int)

It means you have the power of the law to protect you and allow you the right to make your own choices about birth control , pregnancy , and having children. (webmd.com)
Abortion , including access to legal, safe procedures to end a pregnancy, is one reproductive right, but there are others. (webmd.com)
If your rights are restricted, you may not be able to make your own decisions about pregnancy or birth control. (webmd.com)
People of all ages and genders who lack the ability to make informed, empowered decisions about their own reproductive and sexual lives and access comprehensive, dignified care are at risk of severe health impacts, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, pregnancy-related morbidity , and maternal death. (icrw.org)
This despite the fact that most women, even those who have children or want to conceive at some point, spend most of their reproductive years trying to delay or avoid pregnancy. (triplepundit.com)
In many states, this is the reality of abortion access today, more than forty years after the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973), that a woman has the fundamental, constitutional right to decide for herself whether to continue or end a pregnancy. (americanbar.org)
The Court's opinion struck a careful balance between a woman's fundamental right to privacy, the government's interest in protecting women's health, and the potential for life at different points in pregnancy. (americanbar.org)
Meanwhile, the Government Regulation No. 61/2014 on the Reproductive Health regulates a maximum of exactly 40 days of pregnancy for a victim of rape to be able to obtain an abortion. (privacyinternational.org)
In Aotearoa New Zealand, and throughout the world, people experience threats to their reproductive rights or their right to make decisions about pregnancy and having children. (familyplanning.org.nz)
There are strong links between intimate partner violence and sexual violence and poor reproductive health outcomes like unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. (familyplanning.org.nz)
No woman in Peru should have to die, have her physical or mental health affected, be treated as a criminal or have an unwanted pregnancy because she does not have access to abortion, said Dr. Rocío Gutiérrez, an obstetrician who is the deputy director of the Manuela Ramos Movement , a non-governmental feminist center that works for gender rights in this South American country. (ipsnews.net)
I believe that all women should maintain the legal right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy and should have easy access to safe and affordable means for doing so. (atheistrev.com)
Initially passed as part of the fiscal year 2021 budget, the pared-down version of the ROE Act ( H.5179 ) reaffirmed by Massachusetts legislators codifies abortion rights into law, allows abortions after 24 weeks in cases of fatal fetal anomaly or if the pregnant person's health is affected, and enables anyone age 16 or older to choose to terminate a pregnancy. (commondreams.org)
The Administration is committed to ensuring all patients, including women who are experiencing pregnancy loss, have access to the full rights and protections for emergency medical care afforded under federal law-including abortion care when that is the stabilizing treatment required. (whitehouse.gov)

They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence. (wikipedia.org)
All people have the right to live free from coercion and violence and to make decisions about their own bodies and reproductive lives. (familyplanning.org.nz)

It's the basic concept-grounded in decades of international agreements-that individuals have the right to access information and services they need to make informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive lives free from violence, coercion and discrimination. (newsweek.com)
Gender inequality and discrimination against girls mean they are often robbed of the right to make their own life decisions - from what happens to their bodies, to when and to whom they marry. (plan-international.org)
It is fundamental that we fight with everything that we have for the rights of women to make their own decisions in their own lives. (dissentmagazine.org)
In the years since Roe was decided, the Supreme Court has continued to uphold the core principle that a woman has a fundamental constitutional right to make decisions about her reproductive health and future. (americanbar.org)
As lower courts have applied and misapplied that standard, the result has been to keep abortion legal but allow state governments to more aggressively interfere with an individual woman's right to make personal health care decisions. (americanbar.org)
The image of a group of men in suits making decisions about the rights of women is becoming an emblematic sign of the backlash against our human rights, particularly those related to women´s bodily integrity and reproductive and sexual freedoms. (ipsnews.net)
Yes , women in the United States and internationally have been lawfully confirmed in their right to seek a safe, legal abortion and to make decisions and inquire into information about their bodies, their health, and their futures.Yet, here we find ourselves. (amnestyusa.org)
It is in this context that we must recognize the profound role played by SRR defenders who daily continue the fight for our right to make decisions about our bodies - because the fight doesn't simply end after major court decisions or precedent-setting laws are passed. (amnestyusa.org)
Join us for Abortion Rights and Reproductive Justice in Latin America: Recent Landmark Decisions from Mexico and Colombia. (constantcontact.com)

Protect women's rights to reproductive choices and safe reproductive care by creating or signing a petition in the Reproductive Rights section of Care2 Petitions. (thepetitionsite.com)
Reproductive rights matter because they give all people access to safe reproductive health care . (webmd.com)
Last summer, the Texas legislature passed HB 2, an omnibus bill attacking women's access to safe reproductive-health services. (americanbar.org)

and the right to education and access in order to make free and informed reproductive choices. (wikipedia.org)
Help women in developing countries get access to family planning services, contraceptives and quality reproductive health care. (thepetitionsite.com)
Reproductive rights are different in each state when it comes to access to abortion, birth control, and other reproductive health care treatments. (webmd.com)
A utonomy in and access to comprehensive, affordable, culturally acceptable, and high-quality sexual and reproductive information and care is critical for physical , social, a nd psychological wellbeing. (icrw.org)
Of women of reproductive age in Europe live in countries allowing abortion on request-yet many face barriers to access care. (reproductiverights.org)
This report provides a summary of international and European human rights standards on state obligations to guarantee access to legal reproductive health care and to ensure that refusals of care by medical professionals do not undermine access. (reproductiverights.org)
During the conversation, participants also raised that the right to parent is also a disability rights issue and that Disabled people have the right to access services that will ensure they are able to parent in their fullest capability. (whitehouse.gov)
While the U.S. definition of these rights, specifically the right to access abortion, has changed based on who was in the White House, the Trump administration's approach marks a radical departure from this framework. (newsweek.com)
Join NGO CSW/NY's September Monthly Meeting for a virtual expert roundtable, co-organized by Fos Feminista, about the right to comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) featuring successful interventions of CSE delivery using digital technologies in collaboration with different stakeholders, including governments in context of continued efforts at expanding and improving CSE access and outcomes. (ngocongo.org)
The COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate the significant barriers for girls and young women's to access essential sexual and reproductive health information and services. (plan-international.org)
In the latest state-level volley prompted by a U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, the Senate voted 40-0 on a bill ( S 2996 ) that would erect new legal shields for reproductive and gender-affirming care in Massachusetts, ban insurers from shifting abortion costs onto patients, and expand access to emergency contraceptives. (wgbh.org)
This research was commissioned as part of Privacy International's global research into data exploitative technologies used to curtail women's access to reproductive rights. (privacyinternational.org)
Supporting girls and young women to access the information and tools needed for them to exercise their sexual and reproductive health and rights. (plan-international.org)
In the decades since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, abortion access has declined, with 90% of counties lacking an abortion provider today, and maternal mortality rates increasing over the years in states with more restrictions on reproductive rights , especially for people of color. (salon.com)
Right now in the United States, women's sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) are being aggressively restricted by new state laws, while defunding threats are plaguing health care providers like Planned Parenthood, and this week the Supreme Court heard arguments in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt , a case that has serious implications about equal access to abortion and other health services. (amnestyusa.org)
But NOW is defending our access to reproductive freedom. (now.org)
In a recent poll, the Kaiser Family Foundation found abortion access and reproductive health is activating Democratic women especially in states where abortion is currently illegal. (kptv.com)
The passage of these reforms to improve abortion access is a historic milestone for reproductive freedom in Massachusetts,' the statement said. (commondreams.org)
While we continue to call on Congress to restore these protections, the Administration has taken executive action to protect access across the full spectrum of reproductive health care. (whitehouse.gov)
In the wake of Dobbs , the President issued two Executive Orders directing a comprehensive slate of actions to protect access to reproductive health care services, including abortion. (whitehouse.gov)
In terms of sexual and reproductive health, women face barriers in accessing treatment for sexually transmitted infections and have inadequate access to prophylactic treatments such as Pap smears and sexual health screenings. (cdc.gov)

Ensuring girls' and young women realise their right to sexual and reproductive health and have control over their lives and bodies are critical to achieving gender equality. (plan-international.org)
As a result, very few men use the small number of public services on offer, while women continue to struggle to realise their sexual and reproductive rights. (ipsnews.net)

Discrimination and inequality in the realization of these rights persist, and laws, policies, and practices in the sphere of sexual and reproductive health and rights continue to fall short of human rights standards and clinical best practices. (reproductiverights.org)
eliminate discrimination in laws, policies and practices and guarantee equality for all women in the enjoyment of sexual and reproductive health and rights. (coe.int)
To have control over and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health, free of coercion, discrimination and violence, is a human right. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)

In addition, we document reproductive rights violations and seek justice and accountability through the courts and before European and United Nations human rights mechanisms. (reproductiverights.org)
So that reproductive justice can become a reality for all. (boell.de)
In order to achieve reproductive justice, more is needed than self-determination rights on paper. (boell.de)
Disappointing is their journey to justice, which is often met with systemic shortcomings, which further undermines enjoyment of the rights of women and girls. (lu.se)

In the past, some women, such as Black, lower-income, and Native American women, didn't have the same reproductive rights as other women. (webmd.com)
Reproductive rights don't just apply to women, but men and people of all genders. (webmd.com)
But after decades of momentum favoring the advancement of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, the Trump administration is waging a radical and calculated plan to unravel this global consensus and send us back to a time where the health and rights of women, children, gender-nonconforming individuals and LGBTQ people were not only invisible but openly threatened. (newsweek.com)
In 2017, the Trump administration stood shoulder to shoulder with Iran, Syria, Sudan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Egypt to strip language on sexual and reproductive rights out of official communiques from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women. (newsweek.com)
Young women have grown tired of patriarchal control of female sexuality and are demanding a say on their sexual and reproductive health and rights. (plan-international.org)
However, for too many women the right has been made hollow. (americanbar.org)
Just days after the women's march, the Republicans in the House of Representatives once again proved that they won't listen to what women have to say about their reproductive rights. (bust.com)
From forced sterilisation to sexual abuse, young women and men with disabilities are much more likely to have their sexual and reproductive health rights violated than other people. (ipsnews.net)
After banning in vitro fertilisation for 15 years and failing to comply with an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling for nearly three years, Costa Rica will finally once again allow the procedure for couples and women on their own. (ipsnews.net)
Seventy years ago, with the founding of the United Nations, all nations reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, and in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small. (ipsnews.net)
For most of human history, reproductive rights essentially meant men and women accepting the number, timing and spacing of their children, as well as possible childlessness. (ipsnews.net)
UE's officers made clear in their statement regarding the Dobbs Supreme Court decision that without the right to control their own bodies, women and pregnant people will face increased barriers to participating fully in society, including in their unions. (ueunion.org)
Our Bodies Ourselves Today-a collaboration of the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights at Suffolk University and the nonprofit organization Our Bodies Ourselves-features trustworthy, up-to-date, curated information on the health and sexuality of women, girls, and gender-expansive people. (ourbodiesourselves.org)
While its record on women's rights has been condemned, contraceptive use is widely accepted in Saudi Arabia and is supported by the government, with nearly 75 percent of women using birth control in one study by the Center for Population Studies at King Saud University. (commondreams.org)
takes a look at rights activists in Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay, documenting cases where these defenders are compared to criminals and their reputations smeared for disseminating SRR information, for supporting the termination of pregnancies of child rape victims and for aiding women who face obstetric emergencies. (amnestyusa.org)
What is my position on reproductive freedom for women, and why do I sometimes suggest that many of those opposed to it are opposed primarily for religious reasons? (atheistrev.com)
My position is clear and easy to summarize: I support reproductive freedom for women and oppose efforts to curtail it, regardless of whether such efforts are religious or secular. (atheistrev.com)
Regrettably, however, women in Europe still have these rights denied or restricted as a result of laws, policies and practices that ultimately reflect continuing gender stereotypes and inequalities. (coe.int)
Ensuring these rights for women is a vital component of efforts to achieve women's rights and gender equality. (coe.int)
States have the duty to provide all women with accessible, affordable, good quality sexual and reproductive health care and services", said Commissioner Muižnieks. (coe.int)
Today, more than 23 million women of reproductive age-one in three-live in one of the 18 states with an abortion ban currently in effect. (whitehouse.gov)
Biomedical, social, and human rights factors are compelling reasons for giving particular attention to women and HIV. (cdc.gov)
Many programs for HIV-positive women lack services to support safe conception, frequently consider women only or primarily in terms of reproduction, and can unethically deny HIV-positive women reproductive health services. (cdc.gov)
Scientific research, programs, and initiatives should focus on HIV-positive women and their interrelation with treatment, adherence, opportunistic infections, female-controlled prevention methods, and reproductive health. (cdc.gov)
Through this construction, the right to family planning is established as an individual-based right, and women enjoy a special position hereto. (lu.se)
Despite gender equality being at the centre of Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goals , not much has been done to advance the rights of women and girls globally. (lu.se)
To promote and protect the rights of her women and girls, Africa adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa " Maputo Protocol " on 11 July 2003. (lu.se)
Twenty years later, the Maputo Protocol has been hailed as the most progressive instrument on the rights women and girls globally. (lu.se)
Themed Women Rights, Gender Inequality and Intersectional Vulnerabilities, the conference explored the progress of African Human Rights Systems in advancing substantive equality. (lu.se)

Chandler, who has been fighting for the expanded abortion rights the past two years, declared that 'beginning today, pregnant people who once faced near-insurmountable barriers accessing abortion care can now seize the right to control their own bodies. (commondreams.org)
High-level support and smart program design are crucial to launching health financing strategies, but success hinges on developing effective implementation and monitoring, according to a MLI issue brief on reducing financial barriers to reproductive health released this month. (aspeninstitute.org)
The 13-page issue brief, "Reducing Financial Barriers to Reproductive Health Care: Experiences with Free Care and Health Insurance," explores tensions between financing arrangements that bring rapid gains in targeted areas such as maternity care, and those aimed at sustainable progress for entire health systems. (aspeninstitute.org)
In keeping with MLI's focus on country ownership and leadership, "Reducing Financial Barriers to Reproductive Health" calls attention to the importance of effective government leadership to design, implement, and evaluate these programs,'' said Rosann Wisman, MLI's Director. (aspeninstitute.org)

This project aims to provide greater insight into the sexual and reproductive health needs of adolescent girls that are either internally displaced or in refugee camps in Nigeria and Uganda. (icrw.org)
The program aimed to improve outcomes related to marriage, educational attainment, and sexual and reproductive health for adolescent girls and their communities. (icrw.org)
Since 2016, forty-one (87%) Member States3 have developed national integrated strategic plans for reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health (RMNCAH) aligned with the GSWCAH. (who.int)

It recommended that family planning services be provided in the context of other reproductive health services, including services for healthy and safe childbirth, care for sexually transmitted infections, and post-abortion care. (wikipedia.org)
Andrea Gallegos, executive manager of the Tulsa Women's Clinic and Alamo Women's Reproductive Services in San Antonio, Texas, had just made the drive south to her Texas location when she heard that SB 612 would be signed by Stitt. (progressive.org)
Both branches have now approved standalone legislation creating new protections against out-of-state legal action and licensing consequences for providers of reproductive health care, including abortions, and gender-affirming care as well as patients who receive those services. (wgbh.org)
Health facilities throughout the country lack funds, skilled health workers and resources," laments Germaine Moket, the medical services director of the local branch of the International Planned Parenthood Federation , an international organisation assisting with reproductive health and family planning services in more than 180 countries worldwide. (ipsnews.net)

We also work to strengthen protections for reproductive rights through engagement and advocacy with the European Union institutions and at the Council of Europe. (reproductiverights.org)
If the Supreme Court continues to erode its protections and others related to reproductive rights, the map of abortion availability in the U.S. is certain to change dramatically. (triplepundit.com)
Given the resurgent trends seeking to roll back protections in this field, we must ensure that we remain committed to these rights, which were established only after a long struggle. (coe.int)

Reproductive rights may also include the right to receive education about sexually transmitted infections and other aspects of sexuality, right to menstrual health and protection from practices such as female genital mutilation (FGM). (wikipedia.org)

Violating a person's reproductive rights can cause significant harm including trauma and poor health and social outcomes. (familyplanning.org.nz)

This article aims to identify the main economic considerations of self care for sexual and reproductive health and rights in the context of universal health coverage. (bmj.com)
The final goal and challenge is to deconstruct the concept of reproductive rights in the context of political violence, poverty, human rights violations, and economic, gender and ethnic inequalities in Peru. (bvsalud.org)
By conceptualising implementation of international human rights norms in a national legal context as a play of discourses competing for hegemony, it becomes possible to explore the workings of human rights constructions as well as where and how implementation fails or suceeds. (lu.se)

As an organisation, we are committed to addressing threats to reproductive rights including racism, discriminatory policies, intimate partner violence and sexual violence. (familyplanning.org.nz)

The coalition thanked Democratic Massachusetts lawmakers who have fought for the legislation, particularly Senate President Emerita Harriette Chandler, Speaker Pro Tempore Pat Haddad, and Rep. Jay Livingstone saying that 'their collective and unparalleled commitment to reproductive freedom will benefit many generations to come. (commondreams.org)

A new study finds that many refugees from Ukraine are cut off from reproductive care in Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. (reproductiverights.org)
Family Planning promotes rights-based reproductive health care, which is focused on the needs of the client and does not prioritise one type of contraceptive over another. (familyplanning.org.nz)
Reproductive rights in practice : a feminist report on quality of care / edited by Anita Hardon and Elizabeth Hayes. (who.int)

Reproductive rights is absolutely going to drive people of all genders to the polls," said Rowe-Finkbeiner. (kptv.com)

Current policies that make health visits free for people getting a long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) but not free for other types of contraceptives can prevent people from choosing the contraceptive that meets their needs, which impacts their reproductive rights. (familyplanning.org.nz)

Right Here, Right Now (RHRN)' aims to strengthen the sexual and reproductive health issues of adolescents, young people, marginalised and gender diverse populations in Bangladesh. (thedailystar.net)

In a post-Roe world, where people are losing their rights to do what they want with their bodies, informed consent must be non-negotiable. (women.com)
Judith Norsigian, Executive Director of the Our Bodies Ourselves organization, said that the goal of the action is to "advance evidence-based reproductive health policy-making in this country. (ourbodiesourselves.org)

Societal norms on sexuality and gender have an impact on conditions and possibilities for sexual and reproductive health. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
The Zambia government through Ministry of Education has integrated comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in the education and school system to contribute towards addressing Adolescents sexual, reproductive, health and rights (ASRHR) problems. (bvsalud.org)
Similarly, in Zambia , the teachers and CBHWs implementing sexual and reproductive health activities often felt uncomfortable discussing sensitive sexuality topics with adolescents . (bvsalud.org)

Reproductive rights are legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world. (wikipedia.org)

Massachusetts lawmakers can get to work crafting a final reproductive rights bill following the Senate's unanimous vote Wednesday, and distance between the branches on an approach to late-term abortions looms as a speedbump with the window for action closing. (wgbh.org)

Reproductive health therefore implies that people are able to have a satisfying and safe sex life and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. (wikipedia.org)

You can speak out to protect women's reproductive rights in just minutes by signing or creating a Care2 Petition. (thepetitionsite.com)
We seek the adoption of laws and policies that advance and protect reproductive rights, safeguard against retrogression, and ensure governments adhere to human rights standards and clinical best practices. (reproductiverights.org)
Sexual and reproductive rights protect some of the most significant and intimate aspects of our lives. (coe.int)
National Protect Your Hearing Month is the perfect opportunity to discuss tips for picking the right hearing protector. (cdc.gov)

This study offers an example of human rights implementation approached through discourse theory methodology, using the right to family planning in Indonesia as an illustrative case. (lu.se)
Since the introduction in 1998 of the democratic reforms known as Reformasi , Indonesia has undergone significant legal reform, including in the field of human rights and family planning related law. (lu.se)

Reproductive rights began to develop as a subset of human rights at the United Nation's 1968 International Conference on Human Rights. (wikipedia.org)

We work in close collaboration with civil society organizations, lawyers, medical professionals, human rights defenders, and the sexual and reproductive rights movement across Europe. (reproductiverights.org)
Hence, it is important to adopt a norm critical approach in the work towards sexual and reproductive health and rights on equal terms for the entire population. (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
If you use gloves, protective clothing, a respirator, or other PPE, be sure they are right for you and the chemical you work with. (cdc.gov)
Know your rights about nursing breaks at work . (cdc.gov)

This right was affirmed by the UN General Assembly in the 1969 Declaration on Social Progress and Development which states "The family as a basic unit of society and the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members, particularly children and youth, should be assisted and protected so that it may fully assume its responsibilities within the community. (wikipedia.org)
Despite many decades of progress, sexual and reproductive rights remain out of reach for many across Europe. (reproductiverights.org)
1 Despite progress towards universal health coverage, the unmet need for sexual and reproductive health interventions is substantial and requires urgent attention and innovative solutions. (bmj.com)

Reproductive rights are a subset of sexual and reproductive health and rights. (wikipedia.org)
Achieving inclusive physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to sexual and reproductive health and rights, especially for the most vulnerable. (icrw.org)
Addressing the increasing attacks against gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights in Europe. (reproductiverights.org)
Consequently, in 1994, the U.S. joined more than 170 countries in adopting a sexual and reproductive health and rights framework as a pathway to achieve gender equality and sustainable development at the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo. (newsweek.com)
Listening to young people's voices on sexual wellbeing and consent - what this means for sexual and reproductive health and rights influencing and practice. (plan-international.org)
This year from the 3rd to the 5th of May, the National Conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, 2016 was organised by the Embassies of Sweden, Kingdom of Netherlands, UNICEF and UNFPA. (thedailystar.net)
Women's sexual and reproductive health and rights are human rights. (coe.int)
The document provides an overview of states' obligations under international and European human rights standards in the field of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights. (coe.int)
Experiences of teachers and community-based health workers in addressing adolescents' sexual reproductive health and rights problems in rural health systems: a case of the RISE project in Zambia. (bvsalud.org)
Adolescents in low-and-middle- income countries like Zambia face a high burden of sexual, reproductive, health and rights problems including coerced sex , teenage pregnancies , and early marriages. (bvsalud.org)

In other words, the dystopian politics of Gilead aren't as far off as some may believe - not when state-directed reproductive coercion and policing of pregnancies are already a reality, especially for communities of color and the poor. (salon.com)

Thus, while some of these rights have already been recognized in hard law, that is, in legally binding international human rights instruments, others have been mentioned only in non binding recommendations and, therefore, have at best the status of soft law in international law, while a further group is yet to be accepted by the international community and therefore remains at the level of advocacy. (wikipedia.org)

The resulting non-binding Proclamation of Tehran was the first international document to recognize one of these rights when it stated that: "Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children. (wikipedia.org)
The Center implements legal and policy strategies and uses human rights and comparative law as well as public health frameworks to address and confront these challenges. (reproductiverights.org)
Its approach to sustainable development has shifted away from population control as a means to achieve economic growth and toward a plan focused on human rights and gender equality. (newsweek.com)
For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at [email protected] or [email protected]. (ngocongo.org)
Join us in exploring this year's theme, The Contribution of Development to the Enjoyment of All Human Rights , both online and in-person in Room XXV, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. (ngocongo.org)
Female genital mutilation is a violation of girls' and women's human rights. (plan-international.org)
The Indonesian Government has imposed a blocking and filtering method toward the internet that hampers the full enjoyment of human rights. (privacyinternational.org)
Since the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the United Nations has consistently maintained that family planning is a basic human right to be exercised by all - not just the wealthy and otherwise privileged. (ipsnews.net)
And the landmark stance by the United Nations Human Rights Committee on the case of KL v. Peru made just around a decade ago? (amnestyusa.org)
States must acknowledge and address these violations and resolutely commit to advancing gender equality in this crucial sphere of life", said today Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, while releasing a report on this topic. (coe.int)
The human baby in the womb is an independent person with the right to life," a pathologist said. (medscape.com)
The data comes from different sources, such as official documents, reports from local and international human rights institutions, and the American and Peruvian media. (bvsalud.org)
Human rights violations. (bvsalud.org)
Discourse theory methodology provides an alternative and novel framework for human rights implementation as a topic of legal research. (lu.se)
The right to family planning is constructed in the International Human Rights Domain by a discourse on sexual and reproductive health. (lu.se)
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development through the GIZ-AU AWARE Project , Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Stellenbosch University. (lu.se)

Despite statements by USAID gender equality adviser Bethany Kozma at a UN meeting on women's rights, there is brought support in the US for por-choice policies. (commondreams.org)

There are different forms of interpersonal violence that can impact reproductive rights including violence against a family member, intimate partner violence and sexual violence. (familyplanning.org.nz)
Intimate partner violence often includes reproductive coercion, where someone tries to pressure or force someone to have a child or not have a child. (familyplanning.org.nz)

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