Reproductive Rights International Framework: Informed choice before sterilization Women, be it in a positive or negative connotation, have always had an immense role to play in the population of the world- from the ages of monarchy where the woman bore the heir to the throne and determined the legacy of any dynasty, to the world wars where she has been referred to as a ‘child bearing machine’ or even the modern day woman who is involved in in-vitro fertilization, to ‘rent a womb’ surrogacy controversies. Reproduction seems to have always been a controversial issue. The woman has been revered as a mother and in some cultures chastised for being infertile or unable to bear a son. Often womanhood has been reduced to motherhood and over the years the choice to reproduce and control of the population have gotten inter-mingled. It was only around 1990s when there was a shift in policies which focused on population control to freedom of choice to reproduce and bodily integrity. The cultural permissibility of the right to reproduce or not to reproduce has been a contentious and sensitive issue. It touches upon traditions, religion, science and has contours which have a bearing on International Obligations. livelaw.in/reproductive-rights-international-framework-informed-choice-sterilization/
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