Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future
Reproductive rights were established as a subset of the human rights. Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children. Issues regarding the reproductive rights are vigorously contested, regardless of the population’s socioeconomic lev...
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
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| author | Srinivas Kosgi Vaishali Hegde N Satheesh Rao Shrinivasa Bhat Undaru Nagesh Pai |
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| description | Reproductive rights were established as a subset of the human rights. Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children. Issues regarding the reproductive rights are vigorously contested, regardless of the population’s socioeconomic level, religion or culture. Following review article discusses reproductive rights with respect to Indian context focusing on socio economic and cultural aspects. Also discusses sensitization of government and judicial agencies in protecting the reproductive rights with special focus on the protecting the reproductive rights of people with disability (mental illness and mental retardation). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a7d914380104714bc0ad908038b80162022-12-22T03:07:38ZengLight House Polyclinic MangaloreOnline Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972011-04-01101Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective FutureSrinivas KosgiVaishali Hegde NSatheesh RaoShrinivasa Bhat UndaruNagesh PaiReproductive rights were established as a subset of the human rights. Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children. Issues regarding the reproductive rights are vigorously contested, regardless of the population’s socioeconomic level, religion or culture. Following review article discusses reproductive rights with respect to Indian context focusing on socio economic and cultural aspects. Also discusses sensitization of government and judicial agencies in protecting the reproductive rights with special focus on the protecting the reproductive rights of people with disability (mental illness and mental retardation).http://www.ojhas.org/issue37/2011-1-9.htmReproductive rightsMental retardationAbortion |
| spellingShingle | Srinivas Kosgi Vaishali Hegde N Satheesh Rao Shrinivasa Bhat Undaru Nagesh Pai Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences Reproductive rights Mental retardation Abortion |
| title | Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future |
| title_full | Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future |
| title_fullStr | Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future |
| title_full_unstemmed | Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future |
| title_short | Women Reproductive Rights in India: Prospective Future |
| title_sort | women reproductive rights in india prospective future |
| topic | Reproductive rights Mental retardation Abortion |
| url | http://www.ojhas.org/issue37/2011-1-9.htm |
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