...declarations of international law by reaffirming the right of each family to decide the number and spacing of their children and to have the information and means to do so."3 Thus, governments have a duty to enable their citizens to limit family size and to educate citizens...

...couples and individuals have the basic right to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information and means to do so; the responsibility of couples and individuals in the exercise of this right takes into account the...

...takes another step back. The Cairo document recognizes "the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing...children and to have the information and means to do so." Women should have the right to health care that will enable them to go safely through pregnancy and...

...programmes must be to enable couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information and means to do so and to ensure informed choices and make available a full range of safe and effective methods. The success...

...programmes must be to enable couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children and to have the information and means to do so and to ensure informed choices and make available a full range of safe and effective methods. ...The principle...

...consensus documents. These rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing...highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. It also includes their right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion...

...consensus documents. These rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing...highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. It also includes their right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion...

...language, for example, it asserts the right of couples and individuals to have the information and means to decide "freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children ... free of discrimination, coercion and violence " (1%, quoting ICPD 7.2). In short, what the Cairo...

...Action of the Conference contained a recognition of 'the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children ... and their right to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence'.138...

...believe that all people have the basic right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children, and to have the information and means to do so. The question behind "with and without family planning" scenarios is whether or not people will have...