Political Science 1020E Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Blood Transfusion, Sub-Saharan Africa, Maternal Death
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WHO Policy on Abortion
● Laws and policies on abortion should protect women’s health and their human rights
● Regulatory, policy and programmatic barriers that hinder access to and timely provision
of safe abortion care should be removed.
● Every woman who is legally eligible should have ready access to safe abortion care.
● Policies should be geared to respecting, protecting and fulfilling the human rights of
women; to achieving positive health outcomes for women; to providing good-quality
contraceptive information and services; and to meeting the particular needs of poor
women, adolescents, rape survivors and women living with HIV
● aren’t saying they support abortion but support women’s right to choose and
health rights
○ not only unwanted pregnancies but sexual violence and rape too
● Canadian government decided to not fund abortion
● Planned Parenthood provides abortion internationally and in N. America
Reproductive rights as human rights
● “[R]eproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in
national laws, international laws and international human rights documents and other
consensus documents…”
● “These rights rest on the recognition of the basic rights of all couples and individuals to
decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children
and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the
highest standard of sexual and reproductive health…”
● “It also includes the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of
discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents….”
* Women in many societies have limited economic and social power, lower levels of
education than men, and lack legal authority.
★ being able to control their fertility can lead to economic growth,
★ social position changes
* Ultimate causes of child and maternal health are poverty and inequality.
SUMMARY
➢ Child & maternal health priority for international health
➢ Almost half of child deaths occur during first four weeks
➢ Undernutrition contributes to a third of child deaths.
➢ 99% of maternal deaths occur in developing countries and are preventable.
➢ Child and maternal mortality rates are decreasing, but MDGs not met in many cases.
➢ Major inequalities in child and maternal health.
➢ Family planning and fertility control an important component of maternal
mortality and women’s health.
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Document Summary
Laws and policies on abortion should protect women"s health and their human rights. Regulatory, policy and programmatic barriers that hinder access to and timely provision of safe abortion care should be removed. Every woman who is legally eligible should have ready access to safe abortion care. Aren"t saying they support abortion but support women"s right to choose and health rights. Not only unwanted pregnancies but sexual violence and rape too. Canadian government decided to not fund abortion. Planned parenthood provides abortion internationally and in n. america. [r]eproductive rights embrace certain human rights that are already recognized in national laws, international laws and international human rights documents and other consensus documents . It also includes the right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence, as expressed in human rights documents . * women in many societies have limited economic and social power, lower levels of education than men, and lack legal authority.
