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Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Madagascar
- EnglishThe State recognizes and organizes for all individuals the right to the protection of health from their conception through the organization of free public health care, which gratuitousness results from the capacity of the national solidarity. (Art. 19)
- FrenchL’Etat reconnaît et organise pour tout individu le droit à la protection de la santé dès sa conception par l’organisation des soins publics gratuits, dont la gratuité résulte de la capacité de la solidarité nationale. (Art. 19)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Ecuador
- EnglishThe State shall be responsible for:
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6. Ensuring sexual and reproductive health actions and services and guaranteeing the integral healthcare and the life of women, especially during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum.
… (Art. 363) - SpanishEl Estado será responsable de:
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6. Asegurar acciones y servicios de salud sexual y de salud reproductiva, y garantizar la salud integral y la vida de las mujeres, en especial durante el embarazo, parto y postparto.
… (Art. 363)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
China
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Both husband and wife have the duty to practise family planning.
… (Art. 49) - Chinese…
夫妻双方有实行计划生育的义务。
… (第四十九条)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Slovenia
- EnglishEveryone shall be free to decide whether to bear children.
The state shall guarantee the opportunities for exercising this freedom and shall create such conditions as will enable parents to decide to bear children. (Art. 55) - SloveneOdločanje o rojstvih svojih otrok je svobodno.
Država zagotavlja možnosti za uresničevanje te svoboščine in ustvarja razmere, ki omogočajo staršem, da se odločajo za rojstva svojih otrok. (55. Člen)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Uganda
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2. No person has the right to terminate the life of an unborn child except as may be authorised by law. (Art. 22)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Jamaica
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12. Nothing contained in or done under the authority of any law in force immediately before the commencement of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Constitutional Amendment) Act, 2011, relating to-
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c. offences regarding the life of the unborn,
shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter14.
… (Sec. 13)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Philippines
- EnglishThe State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception.
... (Art. II, Sec. 12) - FilipinoKinikilala ng Estado ang kabanalan ng buhay pampamilya at dapat pangalagaan at patatagin ang pamilya bilang isang saligang institusyon ng lipunan. Dapat nitong pangalagaan kapwa ang buhay ng ina at ang buhay ng sanggol sa sinapupunan mula sa paglilihi.
... (Art. II, Seksyon 12)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Equatorial Guinea
- English1. The State protects the person from his conception and protects [ampara] the minor so that he may develop normally and in security for his moral, mental, and physical integrity, as well as [in] his life in the home.
… (Art. 23) - Spanish1. El Estado protege a la persona desde su concepción y ampara al menor para que pueda desenvolverse normalmente y con seguridad para su integridad moral, mental y física, así como su vida en el hogar.
… (Art. 23) - French1. L'État protège la personne depuis sa conception et protège l'enfant mineur en lui assurant les conditions d'un épanouissement normal, en toute sécurité pour son intégrité morale, mentale et physique, ainsi que la vie sans son foyer.
… (Art. 23)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- EnglishWomen and men are guaranteed the exercise of sexual rights and their reproductive rights. (Art. 66)
- SpanishSe garantiza a las mujeres y a los hombres el ejercicio de sus derechos sexuales y sus derechos reproductivos. (Art. 66)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Dominican Republic
- EnglishThe right to life is inviolable from conception until death. … (Art. 37)
- SpanishEl derecho a la vida es inviolable desde la concepción hasta la muerte. … (Art. 37)