Sexual and reproductive health is a field of research, health care, and social activism concerned with the health of the reproductive system and the sexual wellbeing of an individual across every stage of life. The World Health Organization defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental, and social wellbeing in relation to sexuality, not merely the absence of disease or dysfunction, requiring a positive and respectful approach to sexuality free of coercion, discrimination, and violence. The field is often expressed as sexual and reproductive health and rights, extending the concept to individual agency over sexual and reproductive decisions.
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Central QuestionSourced to the subject's own accountWhat is required, across research, health care and social conditions, for an individual to reach physical, mental and social well-being in their reproductive and sexual life across every stage of it. 1 Key DebateSourced to the subject's own accountBeyond its moral and legal dispute over abortion, the field carries a resourcing debate: safe motherhood and other reproductive health programs internationally must compete for significant funding against a broader lack of political and financial commitment to the issue. 1 Key DebateSourced to the subject's own accountThe moral, legal and religious status of induced abortion is contested between self-described pro-choice and pro-life positions, and the field records this as an open dispute rather than a settled question. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Sexual and Reproductive Health
WikipediaLead section, first sentence
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) is a field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life.
Abortion section
The abortion debate is the ongoing controversy surrounding the moral, legal, and religious status of induced abortion. The sides involved in the debate are the self-described "pro-choice" and "pro-life" movements.
Maternal health section
This is the result of a lack of political and financial commitment to the issue as most safe motherhood programs internationally have to compete for significant funding.
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Associated With: Abstinence, Be Faithful, Use a Condom (ABC Approach), Lead section, definition sentenceQuote, Associated With: Abstinence, Be Faithful, Use a Condom (ABC Approach), Lead section, definition sentence
Abstinence, be faithful, use a condom, also known as the ABC strategy, abstinence-plus sex education or abstinence-based sex education, is a sex education policy based on a combination of "risk avoidance" and harm reduction which modifies the approach of abstinence-only sex education by including education about the value of partner reduction, safe sex, and birth control methods.
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