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Parental rights.(Definitions)
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Arrows For Change
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December 1, 2006
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This term is used by conservative forces to deny young people access to contraception, information and counselling, sexuality education and abortion. They argue that parents have the ultimate decision-making power concerning young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). At the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), they strongly opposed recognition of adolescent SRHR and partially succeeded in clipping these rights. The language adopted in the final ICPD document was a compromise--ICPD recognises the "rights, duties and responsibilities of parents" in providing guidance to adolescents on sexual and reproductive health matters even as ...