Rights on planning to have children
Updated: 30 September 2022
Manuela Leporesi
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Adolescents and youth have the right:
- To choose whether to have children or not
- To decide freely the number, spacing and timing of children
- Adolescents and youth have the right to be able to get the information, education and support to make these decisions
- Decisions should be based on the best information that is available
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