User:Georgina02/Women's rights

Women's health refers to the health of women, which differs from that of men in many unique ways.

In 2019, a bill was passed by Alabama where abortion will no longer be legal and this was determined by the state's governor, who is a man. Today abortion is not illegal but difficult to access in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, Arkansas, Utah. Each state has a point in pregnancy where abortion will no longer be an option for women. In eight out on nine states that were mentioned is governed by a man. Professionals have had conversations about men and their desire to have power of a woman's decision and/or thoughts on abortion. In countries such as South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and United states, there have been reports stating that men were trying to stop their partner from getting an abortion.

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women considers the criminalization of abortion a "violations of women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights" and a form of "gender based violence"

Professionals have stated that the criminalization of abortions can lead to unsafe abortions. These unsafe abortions can lead to life threatening infections and/or cause a large number of fatalities. By criminalizing abortions law makers believe that abortion rates will decrease, when in reality is happens to be the opposite. Women will seek out a resource that can help them in their situation. In 2012, Mitt Romney had said that abortions should be criminalized with the exception of rape or incest. Professionals have brought up to the surface the thought of the First Amendment and how these statements on abortions have contradicted it. There is a large amount of information that should be taken in when thinking about what about abortion that is right or wrong.

Certain traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation, also affect women's health

For the past twenty years, there has been proof of women being "sterilized" because many believed that women have "intellectual disabilities". They were also forced to take contraceptions without their direct knowledge. In some part of the world "genital mutilation" is still practiced. Sometime in the 1990s change began to occur and legal actions were taken as it was seen as a violation of human rights and more specifically women's reproductive rights. These legal actions occurred internationally and nationally, all with the same goal in mind. To stop these cultural practices from occurring, cases fought for women by health professionals. As time continues to pass, less and less cases are presenting themselves.