Scientists’ Warning : Remove the Barriers to Contraception
Access, for Health of Women and the Planet

J 2023

Scientists’ Warning : Remove the Barriers to Contraception Access, for Health of Women and the Planet

GREGUŠ, Jan a John GUILLEBAUD

Základní údaje

Originální název

Scientists’ Warning : Remove the Barriers to Contraception Access, for Health of Women and the Planet

Autoři

GREGUŠ, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí) a John GUILLEBAUD (826 Velká Británie a Severní Irsko)

Vydání

World, MDPI, 2023, 2673-4060

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

60302 Ethics

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/23:00131695

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/world4030036

UT WoS

001109219600001

Klíčová slova anglicky

population; sustainability; reproductive ethics; family planning; contraception; women’s health and rights; long-term thinking

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 13. 3. 2024 11:39, Mgr. Kateřina Urubková

Anotace

V originále

The human population reached 8 billion in 2022 and is still growing, and will possibly peak at 10.4 billion in 2086. Environmental science mandates that continued growth of the human enterprise on a finite planet is unsustainable and already in overshoot. Indeed, 3 billion is an evidence-based target number, for our species in competition with all non-human life-forms. We must achieve zero population growth and, ultimately, a massive decrease. Commonly, even among environmentalists who are not “population-deniers”, human numbers are seen as a given, to be adapted to rather than influenced or managed. Yet, just and appropriate interventions exist. The fundamental requirement is the empowerment of women, removing the barriers in many settings to their education (including environmental education, and the reproductive ethics of smaller families) and to realistic, voluntary access to contraception. Wherever “reproductive health” includes access to rights-based family planning, this not only promotes the health of the planet but also women’s health through, inter alia, their choice to have fewer and better-spaced children. This is ethical, pragmatic, and cost-effective—a prime example of preventive medicine. Politicians (mostly men) everywhere must embrace this long-term thinking and significantly increase the currently inadequate funding of contraceptive care. Herein is another Scientists’ Warning: there is just one planet for all life.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1082/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Aspekty soudobé filozofie V

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aspekty soudobé filozofie V

Citovat

GREGUŠ, Jan a John GUILLEBAUD. Scientists’ Warning : Remove the Barriers to Contraception Access, for Health of Women and the Planet. World. MDPI, 2023, roč. 4, č. 3, s. 589-597. ISSN 2673-4060. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/world4030036.

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GREGUŠ, Jan a John GUILLEBAUD. Scientists’ Warning : Remove the Barriers to Contraception Access, for Health of Women and the Planet. \textit{World}. MDPI, 2023, roč.~4, č.~3, s.~589-597. ISSN~2673-4060. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/world4030036.

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