Reproductive rights

One of many battles in the war for women’s rights and equality is that of body and reproductive rights. The struggle continues as women are threatened more and more by bills and laws that will restrict their choices and rights regarding what they can and can’t do with their own bodies. Limiting a woman’s choices and freedoms by enacting laws that prohibit abortion is wrong and can harm a woman mentally, physically and emotionally. One case that does not always come to mind when people think of…

discussing the need to protect reproductive services for women in Texas. Volunteering at the Legislate THIS: Election Edition! burlesque show was quite interesting because I had never been to one and it was a chance to engage with people about the importance of being involved in women’s health issues. In an effort to bring more awareness and support to this event, I advertised the event among my friends and on my social media. I stated the importance of women’s reproductive rights and explained…

the market and the doctor. In both cases, women do not have power over their reproductive rights…

It believes that reproductive rights are a moral obligation because abortion laws not only create health risks but also violate women’s right to life, liberty, and security, as articulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (2015, para. 11). However, it is highly unlikely that such a lofty goal is achievable, but that does not mean that we should not continue to combat these issues and work toward legalizing reproductive rights across the globe. We need to take some…

Women’s reproductive rights are a human right that cannot be taken away. Due to religion and/or lack of education, women do not have the freedom and privacy to choose what is best for their bodies. This social injustice is highly neglected upon because people feel uncomfortable talking about a topic that millions of women struggle with on the daily basis. Although women’s rights have improved drastically, women around the world still face oppression on a daily basis and women’s reproductive…

Rights, the foundation of our society. Our rights define our freedom with our political views, our money, our actions, and our bodies. We are given these rights as an understanding that we have certain levels of freedom to act how we want, speak about what we want, and protest whatever we want. However, does this mean that it is valid to protest to take away another person rights? Today in America a social protest movement to advocate anti-abortion and anti-reproductive rights is becoming an…

developing several important health policies is reproductive rights. The Supreme court found a constitutional right to “privacy” though there is no mention of this concept in the Bill of Rights, to implement the reproduction rights. This newly constituted right to privacy was used to prevent states from interfering with sale and distribution of contraception. The right to privacy protects not only the right to use contraception, but also the right to decide whether to carry a fetus to term as…

while others never will. In the ruling of our country (politics), issues like this are at the forefront of debate and argument. Abortion and reproductive rights is one of these issues that have strong moral links. Issues of this sort have no neutral ground unlike other political debates where the parties involved come to a consensus. They are cases of right or wrong, hence there is no room for middle ground that makes…

feminism and reproductive rights In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the changing political context of the period and the development of civil rights movements mobilized for radical change contributed to the emergence of a dynamic movement for women's rights. The widespread promotion of birth control reinforced the idea of women’s sexual emancipation. Thus, the early women’s rights movement proposed a reproductive rights discourse advocating sex equality arguments and advanced abortion rights…

The fight over reproductive rights has been a struggle that women have dealt with for centuries. Women’s reproductive rights include but are not limited to the rights to unrestricted access to birth control and the right to abortions. The issue with women’s reproductive rights is that they are being threatened to be taken away. In a video produced by PBS Frontline, the problem concerning the restrictions on the rights of women’s reproduction, this video explains the many restrictions placed on…