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reproductive right en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (in-plural) Any right associated with family planning, such as the right to birth control and the right to abortion.
   • But the vacancy on the court is a reminder that the next president will have great influence over the future of reproductive rights. 2016 March 3, “What the Election Means for Reproductive Rights”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
   • If the reproductive right is interpreted as basic rights of one individual in contrast to the right to life of another, especially that of a defenseless unborn baby, it raises certain fundamental moral questions. 2007, Alex Vadakumthala, Reproductive Health: Catholic Ethics and Praxis in India, New Delhi: Health Commission, Catholic Bishops' Conference of India, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15, →ISBN:
   • When this reproductive right extends to a control over someone else's body it is an intrusion into another person's body to have children. […] Surrogacy practice involves a control of another human being's body to fulfil one's own reproductive desires and this procedure violates another person's human dignity and reproductive rights. 2018, Sheela Saravanan, A Transnational Feminist View of Surrogacy Biomarkets in India, Singapore: Springer, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 174, →ISBN:

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Translations (6)

ro drept de reproducere (rights associated with family planning) · hi प्रजनन अधिकार (rights associated with family planning) · cmn 生殖權利 /生殖权利 (rights associated with family planning) · fi lisääntymisoikeus (rights associated with family planning) · ka რეპროდუქციული უფლებები (rights associated with family planning) · de reproduktives Recht (rights associated with family planning)