​What Are Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights?

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​What are Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights

Sexual Rights and Reproductive Rights They are a series of rights that are related to your sexuality and your reproduction and therefore include your right to privacy, health, freedom of thought and expression, to live free of violence and to have education and information.

Sexual and reproductive rights: why and for what

This set of rights is also part of Human Rights and is closely related to health. According to the WHO, sexual and reproductive rights They imply that every person (without any type of discrimination) can achieve the highest level of health in relation to sexuality

Exercising these rights helps you take responsibility for your life and your actions, as long as you recognize that just as you have the right to live your sexuality in a healthy and responsible way, you also have duties and responsibilities towards others.

What is sexuality?

When we talk about sexuality, We refer to the capacity that every person has to feel pleasure (both with their body and their mind) and involve the physical, sentimental and emotional sphere This means that sexuality is closely linked to your personality, your way of being, thinking, feeling, understanding life, acting and relating to other people and yourself.

Sexual rights

These are some of the sexual rights:

    reproductive rights

    Understand your freedom and autonomy to decide responsibly if you want to have children or not, how many, at what time and with whom.

    These are some of the main reproductive rights:

      In conclusion

      Sexual rights and reproductive rights are part of human rights, this means that every person, regardless of their age, sex, origin, social condition, has the right to achieve a state of complete physical, mental and well-being. social, and maintain it throughout his life.

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