Population and Family Planning - Principles and Guidelines for Action by the European Union

Tue, 11/04/2003 - 07:37

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2 Basic Principles for Action

Everyone has the right to decide freely the number of children he or she wants and when. Aid should not be granted to programmes of a coercive or discriminatory nature or which undermine people's fundamental rights.
Family planning is a fundamental social service; men and women are entitled to the most complete and scientifically accurate information on reproduction, the spacing of births and contraception and free access to all ways and means of spacing or limiting births.

4 Priority Objectives

to allow women and men to exercise their right to choose freely and responsibly the number of their children and the spacing of births
to contribute to creating an environment more conducive to full exercise of this choice, in particular as a result of increased access to good quality family planning services
to reduce substantially risks to women and children's health by providing competent reproductive health services
to enable countries and local communities to respond to and influence population growth and movement.

Source

'Development Cooperation to Improve Health in the APC Countries', Development, European Commission, DE 97, December 1998. Page 11.

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good points made