Topic: Reproductive Health
Country: Argentina
Delegate Name: Evan Calderon
School: Forest Hills Northern High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All Argentina position papers GLIMUN 2017 committees
Reproductive health has been an emerging topic since landmark decisions such as Roe v. Wade in The United States of America or other reproductive health decisions. The topics of contraceptives, abortion and STD control have been a more prominent topic than ever. This topic is clearly important now as ever, especially when deciding how to handle the issues of abortion and government funded contraceptives. The Argentine Republic (thereafter Argentina) is affected by this topic, as are most other countries. In 2014, along with Denmark, Ethiopia and Morocco, Argentina helped raise awareness of the lack of contraceptives and Argentina currently has a law requiring the government to provide free contraceptives to women. On abortion, Argentina has recently made a historic decision to decriminalize all cases of abortion caused by rape. Argentina firmly believes that the use of contraceptives should be a human right to help prevent unwanted pregnancies and prevent the spread of STDs such as HIV and AIDS and believes that the government of the nation should provide free contraceptives. They also believe that if a pregnancy is caused by rape or may affect the health of the women bearing the fetus, the pregnancy can be terminated but in all other cases, abortion should not be provided. Some solutions to this issue of reproductive health is to urge governments to have government funded contraceptives and to allow abortions in rape cases and where the pregnancy is harmful to the mother. Reproductive health is an important issue concerning women and is especially important in today’s world. It is crucial that we make the right decisions concerning the health of half the population. It should be taken upon nations governments to make provide the necessary resources to keep the women of the world healthy.
