Reproductive Rights and Mental Health

Question 1

Reproductive Rights

Answer 1

Includes right to knowledge about the reproductive system

Question 2

Abstinence-only sex education

Answer 2

Teaching, in schools, that the best way to prevent things like pregnancy is to refrain from having sex; proved counterproductive

Question 3

Roe v. Wade

Answer 3

Considered the court case that brough protection for abortion rights

Question 4

Plan B

Answer 4

“The morning after pill”; contains an increased dose of a common oral contraceptive; can be effective within 72 hours of unprotected sex

Question 5

Key Points

Answer 5

• Barriers to reproductive rights pose a grave danger to women’s overall well-being
• Barriers, misinformation, and coercion affecting contraceptive, abortion, and pregnancy care are an ongoing danger to women’s mental health and to the well-being of their families