reproductive rights
Fertility decision freedom
Reproductive rights are legal and ethical claims to make decisions about one's own reproduction—whether to have children, when, how many, and by what means.
The term encompasses access to contraception, abortion, fertility treatments, and prenatal care.
The court's ruling was seen as a major setback for reproductive rights.
The phrase appears most often in debates over abortion access and government regulation of pregnancy.
Pregnancy prevention measures
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- pregnancyCarrying developing offspring
- prenatalBefore birth
- postpartumAfter childbirth period
fertility · sterilization · miscarriage · gynecology · obstetrics · midwifery · family planning · birth control
Control over one's physique
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- agencyPower to act
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- choiceAct of selecting
decision-making · sovereignty · independence · empowerment · control · bodily integrity · free will · volition
Equal treatment regardless sex
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
- accessRight to enter
disparity · justice · inclusion · fairness · marginalized · underserved · socioeconomic · racial justice
Direct effort for reform
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
mobilization · petition · march · rally · demonstration · coalition · movement · solidarity
Quality of protecting secrets
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- data protectionSecuring sensitive information
- medical privacySafeguarding patient health information
- patient confidentialityProtected health information principle
informed consent · doctor-patient · medical records · anonymity · non-disclosure · intimate · undisclosed · protected
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- litigationLegal dispute process
- precedentPrior authoritative example
regulation · constitutionality · amendment · bill · injunction · plaintiff · defendant · due process
contraception
Pregnancy prevention measures
postpartum · fertility · sterilization · miscarriage · gynecology · obstetrics · midwifery · family planning · birth control · IVF
bodily autonomy
Control over one's physique
- self-determinationControl over one's fate
- agencyPower to act
- consentVoluntary agreement given
choice · decision-making · sovereignty · independence · empowerment · control · bodily integrity · free will · volition · self-governance
gender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- intersectionalityInterconnected identity-based discrimination study
access · disparity · justice · inclusion · fairness · marginalized · underserved · socioeconomic · racial justice · LGBTQ
activism
Direct effort for reform
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- lobbyingAdvocating to decision-makers
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
grassroots · mobilization · petition · march · rally · demonstration · coalition · movement · solidarity · outreach
confidentiality
Quality of protecting secrets
- HIPAAMedical privacy statute
- data protectionSecuring sensitive information
- medical privacySafeguarding patient health information
patient confidentiality · informed consent · doctor-patient · medical records · anonymity · non-disclosure · intimate · undisclosed · protected · inviolable
legislation
Official enactment of statutes
- statuteEnacted written rule
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- litigationLegal dispute process
precedent · regulation · constitutionality · amendment · bill · injunction · plaintiff · defendant · due process · judicial
- Modern Feminismintersectionality, riot grrrl, workplace equality, pay equity, glass ceiling
- reproductionbirth, baby, egg, sperm, pregnancy
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- women's historywomen's history, herstory, women's movement, suffrage movement, notable women
- rightscivil liberties, right, immunity, liberty, constitutional guarantees
- social causesfeminism, charity, environmentalism, volunteering, pacifism
reproductive rightsforced sterilization
Involuntary surgical infertility
eugenics · forced abortion · breeding programs · population control · one-child policy
reproductive rightspro-life movement
Opposing pregnancy termination
fetal rights · anti-choice · right to life · pro-birth · sanctity of life
rights, reproduce, reproduction, reproduced, reproducing, reproductive, reproduces, reproducible, reproducibility