Family Planning and the Reproductive Rights of Women

Abstract

Change in the size of a population takes place due to births, deaths and migration. However, the programmes of population control have concentrated on births, and the 'undesirable' rate of growth of population in the developing countries is targeted to be reduced through the reduction of births in these, population. In this context the demand of feminists for establishing their reproductive rights and rights of controlling their fertility must be discussed as opposed to the population control policies promoted by the national governments, through the pressures of international bodies.