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In the twentieth century, women’s rights more than ever before emerged as a factor on political agendas. Whereas in the first half of the century they were claimed for the most part by the Women’s Rights Movement, since the 1970s, the concept of reproductive rights has become one of the background motives for the development of birth control measures and, later, for artificial reproductive technologies (ART).
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Haker, H. (2006). Reproductive Rights in the Twenty-First Century. In: Women’s Reproductive Rights. Women’s Rights in Europe Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230554993_11
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