sexual and reproductive health rights
SEK-shoo-ul and rih-PRO-duk-tiv HELTH RYTS
ˈsɛkʃuəl ænd rɪˈprɒdʌktɪv hɛlθ raɪtsListen
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the rights of all people to make free, informed, and autonomous decisions about their sexual and reproductive health and lives, free from coercion, discrimination, and violence, encompassing the right to comprehensive sexuality education, access to contraception and family planning services, safe abortion where legal, skilled attendance at birth, treatment of sexually transmitted infections, and freedom from harmful practices such as child marriage and female genital mutilation; sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) are grounded in international human rights law and affirmed in the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action; SRHR advocates argue that full realisation of these rights is essential for gender equality, maternal health, and women's ability to participate fully in social and economic life
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