Reproductive Health As a Human Right a Critical Analysis

INTRODUCTION

Prelude

The most fundamental aspect of human life is health which unfortunately

cannot be given or distributed. It is to be actively acquired or won. It forms an

integral component of the overall socio-economic development of any nation. It is a

matter of concern and cares for certain sensitive members of family and society,

irrespective of caste, creed, country, culture, etc. The concept of health keeps

changing from time to time and of course, varies from person to person. Some people

say the absence of disease is a healthy condition, some even accept obesity is a good state

of the body in comparison to normal or ideal weight. So far as a layman is concerned, there

is an agreed definition of health, though there have been many definitions put forth by

the World Health Organization which state "Health is a state of complete physical,

mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity".