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Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Slovakia
- English
(1) Everyone has the right to life. Human life is worthy of protection even before birth.
… (Art. 15) - Slovak
(1) Kaţdý má právo na ţivot. Ľudský ţivot je hodný ochrany uţ pred narodením.
... (Čl. 15)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Uganda
- English…
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
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
- English…
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
Nepal
- English…
10. Planning, family planning and population management
… (Schedule 7, List of Concurrent (federal and provincial) Powers/Jurisdiction) - Nepali…
(१०) योजना, परिवार नियोजन र जनसंख्या व्यवस्थापन
... (अनुसूची–७, संघ र प्रदेशको साझा अधिकारको सूची)
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
Jamaica
- English…
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
Czech Republic
- English(1) Everyone has the right to life. Human life is worthy of protection even before birth.
… (Charter, Art. 6) - Czech(1) Každý má právo na život. Lidský život je hoden ochrany již před narozením.
… (Listina, Čl. 6)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Kenya
- English(1) Every person has the right—
(a) to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive health care;
… (Art. 43) - Swahili(1) Kila mtu ana haki -
(a) ya kuwa na afya ya kiwango cha juu zaidi, ambacho hujumuisha haki ya kupata huduma za afya, ikiwa ni pamoja na huduma ya afya ya uzazi;
… (Kifungu cha 43)