Understanding global policy and funding to build new proposals for person centered solutions
Date
2012
Authors
Halpine, Anna
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Publisher
Strathmore University
Abstract
“[r]eproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity, in all matters relating to the reproductive system and
its functions and processes. 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
Reproductive health
freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so. Implicit in
this last condition are the right of men and women to be
informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and
acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as
other methods of birth control which are not against the law, and
the right of access to appropriate health-care services that will
enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth and
provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant.”“That definition (found in paragraph 7.2 of the
Program of Action) does not include any reference to
abortion at all. On the contrary, rather than imposing
on any State an obligation to legalize or de-penalize
abortion, the ICPD Program of Action explicitly
Reproductive health
recognizes the sovereignty of states to legislate on
that matter”.
– notes on Article 7, SJA
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Keywords
Health, Reproductive health