ABSTRACT

Women's reproductive health raises sensitive issues in many legal traditions because it relates to human sexuality and affects the moral order. Many women die or are chronically disabled from pregnancy-related causes because of neglect of women's reproductive health. The right to education serves the goal of individual and reproductive health. Women's reproductive freedom under international human rights law is a composite right founded on the separate rights. Epidemiological and related data show how reproductive health services can reduce maternal mortality and morbidity and contribute significantly to women's reproductive health. Under international human rights law, states cannot compel women to conceive children against their will nor force men to impregnate women. States have advanced their chosen social, economic, and, for instance, population agendas through implementing laws and employing practices that control women's reproduction. The Women's Convention explicitly requires that women have the right to information and counseling on health and family planning.