Table of Content
Preface ....................................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction ............................................................................................................................... 5
Background................................................................................................................................ 7
Normative content .................................................................................................................... 8
Article 14.1.a), b) and c): the right to exercise control over one’s fertility, decide one’s
maternity, the number of children and the spacing of births, and choice of contraceptive
methods. ................................................................................................................................ 8
Article 14.1.f): the right to family planning education ........................................................... 9
Article 14.2 a): the right to adequate, affordable health services at reasonable distances,
including information, education and communication programs for women, especially
those living in rural areas ......................................................................................................10
Article 14.2 c): the right to safe abortion in cases of sexual assault, rape, incest and when
the pregnancy endangers the mental and physical health of the mother or the life of the
mother or the foetus. ............................................................................................................10
General obligations of the State: respect, protect, promote and fulfill rights ..................... 12
Specific obligations of the State.............................................................................................. 13
Enabling legal and political framework ................................................................................ 13
Access to information and education on family planning/contraceptive and safe abortion
...............................................................................................................................................14
Access to family planning/contraception and safe abortion services ..................................14
Procedures, technologies and services for sexual and reproductive health ........................ 14
Obstacles to the right to family planning / contraception and safe abortion ...................... 15
Allocation of financial resources ...........................................................................................16
Compliance with the submission of periodic reports by State parties.................................16
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