What are Reproductive Health rights?
Sexual and reproductive health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system and to its functions and processes.
It implies that people have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide if, when and how often to do so.
Implicit in this is the right of men and women to be fully informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice.
Also part of reproductive health is the right of access to health-care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth.
Included in sexual and reproductive health is the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.
Full attention should be given to promoting mutually respectful and equitable gender relations and particularly to meeting the educational and service needs of adolescents and young people to enable them to deal in a positive and responsible way with their sexuality.