Editing Reproductive rights (section)

===European Union===
Over 85% of European women (all ages) have used some form of [[birth control]] in their lives.<ref name=Irala />  Europeans as an aggregate report using [[Oral contraceptive pill|the pill]] and [[condoms]] as the most commonly used contraceptives.<ref name=Irala>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.contraception.2011.04.004 |pmid=22078183 |title=Choice of birth control methods among European women and the role of partners and providers |journal=Contraception |volume=84 |issue=6 |pages=558–64 |year=2011 |last1=De Irala |first1=Jokin |last2=Osorio |first2=Alfonso |last3=Carlos |first3=Silvia |last4=Lopez-Del Burgo |first4=Cristina |hdl=10171/19110 |url=http://dadun.unav.edu/bitstream/10171/19110/3/Choice%20of%20birth%20control%20methods%20among%20European%20women%20and%20the%20role%20of%20partners%20and%20providers.pdf |hdl-access=free }}</ref>

Sweden has the highest percentage of lifetime contraceptive use, with 96% of its inhabitants claiming to have used birth control at some point in their life.<ref name=Irala /> Sweden also has a high self-reported rate of [[Emergency contraception|postcoital pill use]].<ref name=Irala />  A 2007 anonymous survey of Swedish 18-year-olds showed that three out of four youth were sexually active, with 5% reporting having had an [[abortion]] and 4% reporting the contraction of an [[Sexually transmitted disease|STI]].<ref name=Larsson>{{cite journal |doi=10.1080/13625180701217026 |pmid=17559009 |title=Contraceptive use and associated factors among Swedish high school students |journal=The European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=119–24 |year=2009 |last1=Larsson |first1=Margareta |last2=Tydén |first2=Tanja |last3=Hanson |first3=Ulf |last4=Häggström-Nordin |first4=Elisabet |s2cid=36601350 }}</ref>

In the [[European Union]], reproductive rights are protected through the [[European Convention on Human Rights]] and its jurisprudence, as well as the [[Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence]] (the Istanbul Convention).<ref name="Europarl">{{cite book |title=Sexual and reproductive health rights and the implication of conscientious objection : study. |isbn=978-92-846-2976-3 |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2018/604969/IPOL_STU(2018)604969_EN.pdf|last1=Anedda |first1=Ludovica |year=2018 |publisher=European Parliament }}</ref>
However, these rights are denied or restricted by the laws, policies and practices of member states.<ref name="Council of Eu">{{cite web |title=Women's sexual and reproductive rights in Europe |url=https://www.coe.int/en/web/commissioner/women-s-sexual-and-reproductive-rights-in-europe |website=Commissioner for Human Rights}}</ref>
In fact, some countries criminalize medical staff, have stricter regulations than the international norm or exclude legal abortion and contraception from public health insurance.<ref name="Europarl"/>
A study conducted by Policy Departments, at the request of the [[European Parliament Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality]], recommends the EU to strengthen the legal framework on equal access to sexual and reproductive health goods and services.<ref name="Europarl"/>