Mapping Constitutional Commitments on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Pizzarossa, Lucía Berro; Perehudoff, Katrina S.

doi:10.1515/9783839440544-012

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“…29 30 The high percentage of third-party authorisation requirements indicates a widespread lack of legal autonomy over health and SRH-related decision-making. As has been found in other research, 27 we found that the majority of third-party authorisation restrictions focus on maternity care, contraception or abortion, resulting in women being disproportionately impacted. Under the right to health, states' obligation to 'protect' requires them to prevent third parties from interfering with the right to health.…”

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“…While contraception, emergency contraception and abortion are very different forms of family planning, each of these should be available as options at different stages of the family planning process 25 26. Legal guarantees to any of these family planning-related services cannot be conflated with or substituted for one another, however, examining them together can illustrate where supportive laws are insufficient or where the combination of laws and restrictions compound barriers to care and exacerbate health inequities 27 28…”

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“…25 26 Legal guarantees to any of these family planning-related services cannot be conflated with or substituted for one another, however, examining them together can illustrate where supportive laws are insufficient or where the combination of laws and restrictions compound barriers to care and exacerbate health inequities. 27 28 …”

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Why a good law is not always good enough: a global review of restrictions to supportive laws for sexual and reproductive health and rights

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Liang

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BMJ Glob Health

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Laws and regulations provide the framework for implementing sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)-related policies, programmes and services. They can promote the fulfilment of health and human rights; however, they may also limit the achievement of these goals. This study uses data collected under Sustainable Development Goal Indicator 5.6.2 to analyse SRHR-related laws and restrictions from 153 countries. Looking beyond the existence of supportive laws to assess the constellation of legal restrictions and contradictions such as criminalisation and plural legal systems provides a more nuanced understanding of factors involved in achieving full and equal access to SRHR.The interaction between restrictions and contradictions within the law disproportionately impacts some populations’ health access and outcomes. Restrictions based on third-party authorisations and age are the most common restriction types, disproportionately impacting young women. Contraception, emergency contraception and abortion face the greatest number of restrictions, indicating a significant layering of barriers to family planning services. Further, plural legal systems commonly contradict guarantees of contraceptive services and emergency contraception. Our analyses suggest that one of the populations most affected by restrictions to SRH services as they appear in legal and regulatory frameworks is adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa seeking abortion or contraceptive services.Study findings provide a critical starting point for advocacy to address legal barriers to SRH services and evidence for future policy and programming. For individual countries, this study can serve as a model for analysis of their own legal and regulatory frameworks to identify priority areas for reform efforts.

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Why a good law is not always good enough: a global review of restrictions to supportive laws for sexual and reproductive health and rights

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Liang

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“…A global analysis of national constitutions assessed whether and to what extent they respect, protect, and fulfil the right to sexual and reproductive health, to what extent they are inclusive and non-discriminatory, and whether they acknowledge linkages between the right to sexual and reproductive health and other human rights. 25 The findings usefully draw attention to how the specificity in provisions may impact an individual’s ability to access services, even when constitutions contain specific provisions for services.…”

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Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, and restrictions

Ferguson,

Emoto,

Gruskin

2024

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters

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Access to sexual health services and information is critical to achieving the highest attainable standard of sexual health, and enabling legal environments are key to advancing progress in this area. In determining overall alignment with human rights standards to respect, protect, and fulfil sexual health-related rights without discrimination, there are many aspects of laws, including their specificity and content, which impact which sexual health services and information are availed, which are restricted, and for whom. To understand the nature of existing legal provisions surrounding access to sexual health services and information, we analysed the content of 40 laws in English, French, and Spanish from 18 countries for the specific sexual health services and information to which access is ensured or prohibited, and the non-discrimination provisions within these laws. Overall, there was wide variation across countries in the types of laws covering these services and the types and number of services and information ensured. Some countries covered different services through multiple laws, and most of the laws dedicated specifically to sexual health addressed only a narrow aspect of sexual health and covered a small range of services. The protected characteristics in non-discrimination provisions and the specificity of these provisions with regard to sexual health services also varied. Findings may inform national legal and policy dialogues around sexual health to identify opportunities for positive change, as well as to guide further investigation to understand the relationship between such legal provisions, the implementation of these laws within countries, and relevant sexual health outcomes.

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Risky sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among young women in the Czech Republic

Křepelka

Fait

Urbánková

et al. 2020

Cent Eur J Public Health

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Objective: This study aimed to obtain sexual and reproductive behaviour data of late adolescent women in the Czech Republic and to analyse the relationships between sexual behaviour and social, demographic, and behavioural factors. Methods: Data were obtained using the Computer-Assisted Web Interviewing method from 25 April to 2 May 2018 from a representative group of sexually active women aged 18-24 years. Results were statistically evaluated using sign schema on adjusted residuals. Results: A total of 525 women participated (median age of coitarche-16 years, condom use with/without hormonal contraception − 65%, unprotected sex-9.3% in the sexual debut). Anamnestic artificial abortion and sexually transmitted disease (STD) rates were 5.3% and 3.8%, respectively. Early coitarche, number of sexual partners, history of abortion, and STDs were positively correlated with current hormonal contraceptive use; the number of sexual partners and use of hormonal contraception were negatively correlated. Hormonal contraceptive users were more likely vaccinated against human papilloma virus (HPV) in comparison with women without any contraception. There was no correlation between risky sexual behaviour, contraceptive use, and socio-demographic factors. Conclusion: Women with early coitarche and a high cumulative number of sexual partners have more unwanted pregnancies and STDs; moreover, those with regular coital activity without contraception are less frequently vaccinated against HPV.

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Mapping Constitutional Commitments on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Why a good law is not always good enough: a global review of restrictions to supportive laws for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Why a good law is not always good enough: a global review of restrictions to supportive laws for sexual and reproductive health and rights

Laws governing access to sexual health services and information: contents, protections, and restrictions

Risky sexual behaviour and contraceptive use among young women in the Czech Republic

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