Knowra Reproductive rights Reproductive rights Reproductive rights are rights to make decisions about reproduction, including whether and when to have children, and to access reproductive health care.
Bodily autonomy : The principle that people have authority over decisions concerning their own bodies. Reproductive choices concern who may make decisions about pregnancy, contraception, and medical care.
Contraception : Methods and practices used to prevent pregnancy. Access to contraception enables people to decide whether and when to become pregnant.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights : A 1948 United Nations declaration setting out fundamental rights and freedoms for all people. Its guarantees of equality, privacy, and family life inform later reproductive-rights arguments.
Reproductive coercion : Behavior that pressures or controls another person's reproductive choices, including pregnancy or contraception decisions. It violates the freedom of choice that reproductive rights are meant to secure.
Maternal mortality : Deaths during pregnancy or within a specified period after its end, from causes related to or aggravated by pregnancy. Barriers to timely, appropriate reproductive care can contribute to preventable pregnancy-related deaths.
Reproductive justice : A framework linking reproductive freedom to the social conditions needed to have children, not have children, and raise families safely. It extends rights beyond formal choice to the resources and conditions that make choices possible.
Abortion : The deliberate ending of a pregnancy through medication or a medical procedure. Legal access to abortion is a central and contested aspect of reproductive decision-making.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women : A 1979 United Nations treaty requiring states parties to eliminate discrimination against women. It explicitly addresses equal access to family planning and reproductive health care.
Conscientious objection in health care : A health professional's refusal to provide or participate in care on grounds of conscience. Refusals can conflict with patients' ability to obtain lawful reproductive services.
Teenage pregnancy : Pregnancy occurring in a person aged 10 to 19 years. Access to contraception, education, and confidential care influences rates and outcomes.
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