Access to information and education on family planning/contraceptive and safe
abortion
51. The Commission would like to stress the importance of information and education
on family planning/contraception and safe abortion for women, especially
adolescent girls and young people. State parties must ensure provision of
comprehensive information and education on human sexuality, reproduction and
sexual and reproductive rights. The content must be based on clinical findings,
rights-based, without judgment and take into account the level of maturity of
adolescent girls and the youth, in accordance with the Maputo Plan of Action and
Articles 2 and 5 of the Protocol.
52. In addition, State parties must ensure that educational institutions at primary,
secondary and tertiary levels include sexual and reproductive rights issues in their
school programs and to take the necessary measures so those programs also reach
women in private schools, including faith-based schools, as well as those out of
school.
Access to family planning/contraception and safe abortion services
53. It is crucial to ensure availability, accessibility, acceptability and good quality
reproductive health care, including family planning / contraception and safe
abortion for women. State parties should ensure services that are comprehensive,
integrated, rights-based, sensitive to the reality of women in all contexts, and
adapted to women living with disabilities and the youth, free from any coercion,
discrimination and violence.
54. They should integrate and/or link family planning/contraception and safe abortion
services funded by public resources to other services relating to reproductive health,
primary health care, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Procedures, technologies and services for sexual and reproductive health
55. State parties should ensure availability, accessibility and acceptability of procedures,
technologies and comprehensive and good quality services, using technologies based
on clinical findings. Access to services must be guaranteed to all women, especially
rural women, by ensuring the availability of supplies through procurement systems
that function properly.
56. Family planning / contraception services should include women's access to a variety
of contraceptive methods, including short-term methods (hormonal contraceptives,
male and female condoms, emergency contraception), long-term (implants,
injections, IUDs, vaginal rings) and permanent ones (voluntary sterilization). The
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