REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

reproductive rights.A person’s constitutionally protected rights relating to the control of his or

her procreative activities; specif., the cluster of civil liberties relating to pregnancy, abortion, and

sterilization, esp. the personal bodily rights of a woman in her decision whether to become

pregnant or bear a child. • The phrase includes the idea of being able to make reproductive

decisions free from discrimination, coercion, or violence. Human-rights scholars increasingly

consider many reproductive rights to be protected by international human-rights law. [Cases: Civil

Rights 1029. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 4–5, 8, 13.] [Blacks Law 8^th]