Coates, A., Hill, P., Rushton, S. et al. (1 more author) (2014) The Holy See on sexual and reproductive health rights: conservative in position, dynamic in response. Reproductive Health Matters, 22 (44). pp. 114-124. ISSN 0968-8080
Abstract
The Holy See has engaged extensively in United Nations negotiations on issues concerning sexual and reproductive health rights as they have emerged and evolved in a dynamic global agenda over the past two decades. A meta-narrative review of the mission’s official statements was conducted to examine the positions, discourses and tensions across the broad range of agendas. The Holy See represents a fundamentally conservative and stable position on a range of sexual and reproductive health rights concerns. However, the mission has been dynamic in the ways in which it has forwarded its arguments, increasingly relying upon secularised technical claims and empirical evidence; strategically interpreting human rights norms in ways consistent with its own position; and framing sexuality and reproduction in the context of “the family”. Seen in the broader context of a “religious resurgence” in international relations, and in light of the fact that the Holy See has frequently sought to form alliances with conservative State and non-State actors, these findings make an important contribution to understanding the slow progress as well as the potential obstacles that lie ahead in the battle to realise sexual and reproductive health rights in a changing global political environment. ©2014 Reproductive Health Matters Keywords: Holy See, United Nations, sexual health, sexual rights, reproductive health, reproductive rights
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 Reproductive Health Matters. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Reproductive Health Matters. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2015 16:28 |
Last Modified: | 11 Jun 2018 11:08 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0968-8080(14)44815-8 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)44815-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:82890 |