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Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Guatemala
  • English
    The State guarantees the social, economic, and juridical protection of the family. It will promote its organization on the legal basis of marriage, the equal rights of the spouses, [the] responsible paternity and the right of the persons to decide freely the number and the spacing [espaciamiento] of their children. (Art. 47)
  • Spanish
    El Estado garantiza la protección social, económica y jurídica de la familia. Promoverá su organización sobre la base legal del matrimonio, la igualdad de derechos de los cónyuges, la paternidad responsable y el derecho de las personas a decir libremente el número y espaciamiento de sus hijos. (Art. 47)

Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Guatemala
  • English
    The State guarantees and protects the human life from its conception, as well as the integrity and security of the person. (Art. 3)
  • Spanish
    El Estado garantiza y protege la vida humana desde su concepción, así como la integridad y la seguridad de la persona. (Art. 3)