Eurodeputatul maltez Claudette Abela Baldacchino a trimis Comisiei Europene următoarea interpelare:
“The notion of sexual and reproductive health rights [SRHR] appears to be interpreted in varying ways in international treaties and national legislation.
Can the Commission provide an analysis of how Member States interpret the notion of sexual and reproductive health rights?”
Tonio Borg, Comisarul European pentru Sănătate, a remis următorul răspuns (sublinierile ne aparțin):
“The Commission is aware that no common view exists in the EU Member States regarding sexual and reproductive rights. In the recent United Nations Commission on Population and Development on 7-11 April, the EU was not in a position to present a united position on sexual and reproductive health and rights.
The World Health Organisation defines sexual health as a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality. Reproductive health addresses the reproductive processes functions and system at all stages of life.
Sexual and reproductive health is safeguarded by sexual and reproductive rights. In the Beijing Platform for Action (1995) it is stated that those rights are based on human rights of equality and dignity and include the right to be informed of and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice.
The European Parliament Resolution on sexual and reproductive health and rights of 4 December 2013 notes that ‘the formulation and implementation of policies on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and on sexual education in schools is a competence of the Member States’.
Member States are responsible for the definition of their health services policy and for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care. As such, sexual and reproductive rights fall under the exclusive responsibility of Member States.”
Așadar, Statele membre ale Uniunii Europene au libertatea de a-și defini noțiunile de sănătate sexuală și reproductivă și politicile privind drepturile aferente, neexistând reglementări și interpretări unice la nivelul Uniunii Europene – sau al altor zone ale lumii.
