Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Reproductive Rights

Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.

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Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.

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  • Rights, Reproductive
  • Reproduction Rights
  • Reproduction Right
  • Right, Reproduction
  • Rights, Reproduction

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, injuries, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2005

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  • Women's Rights (1970-2004)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Reproductive Rights. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D046269. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D046269
  2. Reproductive Rights. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_rights
  3. Reproductive Rights. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1536343