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The opinion asserted an individual's liberty to choose concerning family life and also protection from legal enforcement intended to maintain traditional sex roles, writing, [284] "Our law affords constitutional protection to personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.
The United Nations Population Fund refers to "Equality and equity for men and women, to enable individuals to make free and informed choices in all spheres of life, free from discrimination based on gender" and "Sexual and reproductive security, including freedom from sexual violence and coercion, and the right to privacy," as part of achieving ...
Governments sometimes take measures designed to afford legal protection of access to abortion. Such legislation often seeks to guard facilities which provide induced abortion against obstruction , vandalism , picketing , and other actions, or to protect patients and employees of such facilities from threats and harassment (see sidewalk ...
The ballot measure would amend the state constitution to guarantee a "right to reproductive freedom," including the ability to continue or end one's own pregnancy. Abortion remains legal in Maryland.
State legislators voted to put a measure on the ballot that would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. The Equal Protection of Law Amendment doesn’t actually explicitly mention ...
New York: Equal Protection of Law Amendment. Status: Passed. Some background: The New York state Constitution currently bans discrimination based on race, color, creed and religion. Advocates for ...
The World Health Organization defines reproductive rights as follows: Reproductive rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of ...
“That is why, without any such federal protection, it is critical that Maine people be assured that reproductive autonomy be protected to the greatest extent possible in the state — through an ...