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YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

Priorities and activities of the Slovak Society for Family Planning and

Parenthood Education.

AUTHORS

Kliment M

SOURCE

In: Assessment of research and service needs in reproductive health in Eastern

Europe -- concerns and commitments. Proceedings of a workshop organized by

the ICRR and the WHO Collaborating Centre on Research in Human

Reproduction in Szeged, Hungary, 25-27 October 1993, edited by E. Johannisson,

L. Kovacs, B.A. Resch, N.P. Bruyniks. New York, New York, Parthenon

ABSTRACT

In the Slovak Republic the abortion rate is a very high 47/1000 women of reproductive age, owing to a relatively liberal

abortion law, the absence of sex education in the schools, a less liberal law on voluntary sterilization, negative

attitudes about contraception, the unstable political atmosphere, and the deteriorating social situation of young

families attributable to growing unemployment. In 1992 only 6% of the women of reproductive age were using

hormonal contraceptives, 13% were wearing IUDs, and 5% were sterilized, according to a report of the Czech Family

Planning Association. Right before the division of Czechoslovakia the Roman Catholic Church and the Christian

Democratic Movement played a leading role in Slovakia, and they enacted a modification of the abortion law of 1986.

This resulted in the invalidation of the right of women to decide on abortion and the creation of an ethics committee

with the power to determine this right. The Slovak Family Planning Association during this time was active in the

mass media explaining the pro-choice approach and the viewpoints of the International Planned Parenthood

Federation and the World Health Organization about global population growth. Parliamentary lobbies and the

women's movement were sought out. In addition, various ministries were visited to ask for the establishment of a

department to oversee population law, initiate sex education in all types of schools, enact legislative changes to

permit women to make a free decision about their pregnancy, draft a more liberal law on voluntary sterilization, ensure

the provision of inexpensive, good quality contraceptives, and extend social assistance to young families. A

program was also drafted with these priorities in mind. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 1005-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "Priorities and activities of the Slovak Society for Family

Planning and Parenthood Education.", is(are) Kliment M. The source of this article is "In: Assessment of research

and service needs in reproductive health in Eastern Europe -- concerns and commitments. Proceedings of a

workshop organized by the ICRR and the WHO Collaborating Centre on Research in Human Reproduction in Szeged,

Hungary, 25-27 October 1993, edited by E. Johannisson, L. Kovacs, B.A. Resch, N.P. Bruyniks. New York, New York,

Parthenon Publishing Group, 1997. :211-2.". This article was published in 1997 in English language(s).

(PubHealth.info® Document ID: CONT2T 1005-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 6005

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