Reproductive rights: Legal aspects of the right to sterilisation

Stanovnistvo ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 119-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajrija Mujovic-Zornic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
German Law ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Penal Policy ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Legal Questions ◽  
The Right ◽  
Voluntary Sterilization

In this paper the author discusses the nature and importance of the right to reproduce, in particular the right to sterilisation. In the time past sterilization has been practiced only as a measure of penal policy or the prevention of mental health diseases. Today, mostly we can speak about the right to sterilization (especially reversible sterilization). The patient have a free choice to decide any method of contraception and that could be a voluntary sterilization (also called human, contraceptive, non-therapeutical in French law, and obliging in German law). Various legal questions about this right can be raised, in accordance of state of reproductive rights (how they are regulated by the law) and the protection of reproductive rights (especially the right of pregnant woman as a patient). Yugoslav law not yet has a complete regulation and adequate solutions in this area, except the abortion law. The primary gynecology care has contraceptive counseling, but concrete measures and education are insufficient. It cannot begin to give consistent answers to all of these questions without a coherent conception of the right to reproduce, which is the primary duty of legal experts.

scholarly journals Hechos de acción colectiva: Derecho a la planificación familiar y a la libre opción de la maternidad

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Carolina Yepes Valencia
Keyword(s):  
Family Planning ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Collective Actions ◽  
Reconstruction Process ◽  
Political Opportunities ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The Right ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Rights

Resumen: El presente artículo analiza los principales hechos de acción colectiva con un enfoque de género emprendidos por dos organizaciones Colombianas: La Mesa por la Vida y la Salud de las Mujeres, y Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir, quienes enmarcadas bajo el concepto de feminismo liberal centran su accionar por la reclamación del derecho a la planificación familiar y a la libre opción de la maternidad, derechos que hacen parten de los derechos sexuales y reproductivos de las mujeres. Para realizar el proceso de reconstrucción en el cual se reclamaron estos derechos mediante los principales hechos de acción colectiva de ambas organizaciones, se hizo uso de la teoría sociológica de la acción colectiva enfocada al análisis de los repertorios, la estructura de oportunidades políticas, los detractores y lo simbólico de estas acciones.Palabras clave: hechos de acción colectiva, organizaciones de mujeres, género, derechos sexuales y reproductivos.Collective Actions in Defense of Family Planning and the Right to the Free Choice of MaternityAbstract: This article analyzes the major collective actions with a focus on gender undertaken by two Colombian organizations: the Working Group for Life and Women’s Health, and Catholic Women for the Right to Choose, who, framed under the concept of liberal feminism, focus their actions on claiming the right to free family planning and to the free choice of maternity, rights that are based on the sexual and reproductive rights of women. To perform the reconstruction process in which these rights are claimed, the sociological theory of collective action was made use of focusing on analysis of the repertoires, the structure of political opportunities, detractors and the symbolic aspect of these actions.Key words: collective actions, women’s organizations, gender, sexual and reproductive rights

Liberalizing the Abortion Law in South Africa

1997 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-249
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
Termination Of Pregnancy ◽  
Freedom Of Choice ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Abortion Laws ◽  
The Right

The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996, greatly liberalizes the abortion laws. As is noted in its Preamble:“This Act repeals the restrictive and inaccessible provisions of the Abortion and Sterilization Act 1975, and promotes reproductive rights and extends freedom of choice by affording every woman the right to choose whether to have an early, safe and legal termination of pregnancy according to her individual beliefs.”

A gap between Law and Practice: A Community’s Perception of Unmarried Women’s Abortion Options in Nepal

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
Simone Christensen Hald ◽  
Ditte Aagaard Sondergaard
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safe Abortion ◽  
Community Attitudes ◽  
Abortion Law ◽  
Premarital Sexual Activity ◽  
Premarital Sexual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Changing Attitudes ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background In 2002, the Nepalese abortion law went from being highly restrictive to fully liberal. This study aimed to explore a local community’s perception of the situation for unmarried Nepalese women wanting to practice their legal right to abortion.Methods The study comprised a cross-sectional survey and in-depth interviews with men and women above the age of 16 years living in the Makwanpur District, Nepal. The final data included 55 questionnaires and 16 interviews. The questionnaire data was univariate analysed, while a condensation of meaning analysis was carried out on the interviews.Results The overall awareness of abortion being legal was high, although the extent of knowledge of the specific legal grounds varied. Unmarried women were believed to have access to abortion services, although they risked stigmatisation due to their marital status. The community attitude towards these women having abortions was very negative, hence it differed from the legal acceptance of all women having the right to abortion. This was explained by societal norms on premarital sexual activity. Generally, the participants felt that changing attitudes would be difficult but possible over time.Conclusion A considerable gap exists between the legal acceptance of abortion and community attitudes when it comes to unmarried women as this group encounters barriers when wanting to practice their right. Therefore, these barriers need to be addressed to allow unmarried Nepalese women access to safe abortion services without the risk of being stigmatised.One possible alternative is educational initiatives such as disseminating information vigorously through mass media to create awareness.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hprospect.v12i2.9869 Health Prospect Vol.12(2) 2013: 24-30

Ensuring Reproductive Rights of Women in Nepal: Law and Praxis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
D. N. Parajuli
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Reproductive Rights ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Rights

 Reproductive rights are fundamental rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health that vary amongst countries around the world, but have a commonality about the protection, preservation and promotion of a woman‘s reproductive health rights. Reproductive rights include the right to autonomy and self-determination , the right of everyone to make free and informed decisions and have full control over their body, sexuality, health, relationships, and if, when and with whom to partner, marry and have children , without any form of discrimination, stigma, coercion or violence. The access and availability of reproductive health services are limited due to geography and other issues, non-availability and refusal of reproductive health services may lead to serious consequences. The State need to ensure accessibility, availability, safe and quality reproductive health services and address the lifecycle needs of women and girls and provide access of every young women and girls to comprehensive sexuality education based on their evolving capacity as their human rights, through its inclusion and proper implementation in school curriculum, community-based awareness program and youth led mass media. It is necessary for strengthening compliance, in a time-bound manner, with international human rights standards that Nepal has ratified that protect, promote, and fulfill the basic human rights and reproductive health rights in Nepal and also need to review standards and conventions that Nepal has had reservations about or those that have been poorly implemented in the country.

scholarly journals Perinatal mental health around the world: priorities for research and service development in Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 56-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mwawi Ng'oma ◽  
Tesera Bitew ◽  
Malinda Kaiyo-Utete ◽  
Charlotte Hanlon ◽  
Simone Honikman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Infant Health ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Maternal Mental Health ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
The Right

Africa is a diverse and changing continent with a rapidly growing population, and the mental health of mothers is a key health priority. Recent studies have shown that: perinatal common mental disorders (depression and anxiety) are at least as prevalent in Africa as in high-income and other low- and middle-income regions; key risk factors include intimate partner violence, food insecurity and physical illness; and poor maternal mental health is associated with impairment of infant health and development. Psychological interventions can be integrated into routine maternal and child healthcare in the African context, although the optimal model and intensity of intervention remain unclear and are likely to vary across settings. Future priorities include: extension of research to include neglected psychiatric conditions; large-scale mixed-method studies of the causes and consequences of perinatal common mental disorders; scaling up of locally appropriate evidence-based interventions, including prevention; and advocacy for the right of all women in Africa to safe holistic maternity care.

scholarly journals Would the Employee Free Choice Act Effectively Protect the Right to Unionize?

2008 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Nissen
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Home ◽  
Free Choice ◽  
The Right

This article examines in detail union busting in a nursing home facility in Florida and asks whether the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would have protected workers' freedom to choose if it had been in effect at the time. It systematically applies EFCA's provisions to the events of the case and concludes that EFCA would have been helpful to the workers. However, EFCA would not have erased all obstacles to free employee choice, especially for low-wage workers like these. It also reveals that one of the least known features of EFCA would have been most crucial in this case.

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