Iran has passed a new population law that puts women's health and lives at risk and further violates women’s rights to sexual and reproductive health, Human Rights Watch said today.
On November 1, 2021, Iran’s Guardian Council approved the “rejuvenation of the population and support of family” bill, which outlaws sterilization and free distribution of contraceptives in the public health care system unless a pregnancy threatens a woman’s health.
Several pieces of legislation have been proposed that discriminate against women to reinforce the concept of women’s primary role as mothers in charge of child-rearing.
Typical in hierarchies where people on top (men) dictate laws and control the lives of other people lower in their hierarchies (women) who don't have access to decision making.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/10/iran-population-law-violates-womens-rights
