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Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Ecuador
- EnglishHealth is a right guaranteed by the State and whose fulfillment is linked to the exercise of other rights, among which the right to water, food, education, sports, work, social security, healthy environments and others that support the good way of living.
The State shall guarantee this right by means of economic, social, cultural, educational, and environmental policies; and the permanent, timely and non-exclusive access to programs, actions and services promoting and providing integral healthcare, sexual health, and reproductive health. The provision of healthcare services shall be governed by the principles of equity, universality, solidarity, interculturalism, quality, efficiency, effectiveness, prevention, and bioethics, with a gender and generational approach. (Art. 32) - SpanishLa salud es un derecho que garantiza el Estado, cuya realización se vincula al ejercicio de otros derechos, entre ellos el derecho al agua, la alimentación, la educación, la cultura física, el trabajo, la seguridad social, los ambientes sanos y otros que sustentan el buen vivir.
El Estado garantizará este derecho mediante políticas económicas, sociales, culturales, educativas y ambientales; y el acceso permanente, oportuno y sin exclusión a programas, acciones y servicios de promoción y atención integral de salud, salud sexual y salud reproductiva. La prestación de los servicios de salud se regirá por los principios de equidad, universalidad, solidaridad, interculturalidad, calidad, eficiencia, eficacia, precaución y bioética, con enfoque de genero y generacional. (Art. 32)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Paraguay
- EnglishThe State recognizes the right of persons to freely and responsibly decide the number and the frequency of the birth of their children, as well as to receive, in coordination with the pertinent organs[,] education, scientific orientation, and adequate services in the matter.
Special plans of reproductive health and maternal-child health [care] for people of scarce resources will be established. (Art. 61) - SpanishEl Estado reconoce el derecho de las personas a decidir libre y responsablemente el número y la frecuencia del nacimiento de sus hijos, así como a recibir, en coordinación con los organismos pertinentes educación, orientación científica y servicios adecuados, en la materia.
Se establecerán planes especiales de salud reproductiva y salud materno infantil para la población de escasos recursos. (Art. 61)
Sexual and Reproductive Rights
Slovakia
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(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
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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
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
Nepal
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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
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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)