Essays on Reproductive Rights

Abstract

For a century, Planned Parenthood has been working to improve reproductive health in America. With thousands of health centers spread all over the country, Planned Parenthood has wide reach that ensures Americans have access to reproductive health. Their efforts have ensured millions of Americans get sex education and get reproductive healthcare for poor Americans who cannot afford standard healthcare. Their role in American society cannot be limited to just the forefront for reproductive rights and availability and access to healthcare, as they are the agency that runs several programs to educate and facilitate communication. While the House Republicans claim ...

Introduction

Feminism refers to economic, political and cultural movement formed to establish and agitate for the equal protection as well as legal rights of all women. It involves the philosophies and sociological and political theories that have a bearing on issues of gender and gender differences. Feminism also involves the agitation for women’s interests and rights as well as movements that fight for gender equality. In addition to the vibrant campaigns for the legal rights of women, including the right to vote, to enter into contracts and to own property, the feminist movement is solely responsible for the paradigm ...

Personal is Political

Social issues that are often classified as "women's issues" such as reproductive rights, violence against women, and balancing child rearing and employment transcend the individuals and become societal concerns. "The personal is public" was a frequently used feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970's (Peters and Wolper 115). The women consciousness-raising groups that were popular during this time was not for personal support and comfort but rather a formality of public deed to evoke political change regarding domestic violence, childbearing, and unsafe working conditions(Peters and Wolper 115). Such political issues referred as "women's issues" is an ...

Reproductive rights and their impact on modern society are definitely a hard point for constant discussions between scientists, sociologists and average families. There is a wide range of books and articles covering this theme. Anna Davis gives us a brief historical overview of the reproductive rights movements that lead our society to the current point. The author put particular attention on birth control and abortion campaigns. Kallianes and Rubenfeld in their article “Disabled Women and Reproductive Rights” touch the subject of disabled women that are excluded from sexual education and then denied in their wish to bear a child: “ ...

A) The right to choose what happens to our bodies, the medical treatments we want to opt for and understanding the pros and cons of our decision, is as fundamental a human right as the right to have access to food and water. Informed consent is an integral part of healthcare globally and I believe that the issue of abortion also falls in the same category. If the patient’s or next of kin’s permission is sought before any surgical procedure, there is no logical reason that can justify not extending the same courtesy to women when it ...

Women’s Reproductive rights in the US.

Uppal 1 Women’s Reproductive rights have always been the topic of debates. Sexual rights of an individual are the most important and sensitive human rights. Reproductive rights include the right to make free and informed decisions about human body and sexuality. Women’s Reproductive rights are not only limited to abortion rights. These rights include the right to express sexuality, individual sexuality and reproductive decisions, and freedom of reproductive health information, education and services. By this means, women should have full freedom to gain knowledge about her sexual health. Being a human, women should not be required to ...

Renee Tajima-Pena and Virginia Espinso’s 2015 documentary No Mas Bebes tells the harrowing tale of a number of Mexican immigrant mothers who found themselves the victims of forced sterilization after visiting Los Angeles County General Hospital in the 1970s to give birth. The documentary delves into a number of vital and important issues central to Latina rights, reproductive rights, and the state of immigrant relations in the United States. In its depiction of the implicit horrors of the Mexican immigrant experience, these individuals are shown as brave victims of a system that punishes women for being immigrants, thus ...