Editing Reproductive rights (section)

===Proclamation of Tehran===
In 1945, the [[United Nations Charter]] included the obligation "to promote... universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without discrimination as to race, sex, language, or religion". However, the Charter did not define these rights. Three years later, the [[United Nations|UN]] adopted the [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights]] (UDHR), the first international legal document to delineate [[human rights]]; the UDHR does not mention reproductive rights.  Reproductive rights began to appear as a subset of human rights in the 1968 Proclamation of Tehran, which states: "Parents have a basic human right to determine freely and responsibly the number and the spacing of their children".<ref name=teheran_proc />

This right was affirmed by the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] in the 1969<ref>[https://www.ohchr.org/en/resources/educators/human-rights-education-training/6-declaration-social-progress-and-development-1969 Declaration on Social Progress and Development]</ref> which states "The family as a basic unit of society and the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members, particularly children and youth, should be assisted and protected so that it may fully assume its responsibilities within the community. Parents have the exclusive right to determine freely and responsibly the number and spacing of their children."<ref name="FREEDMAN"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/m_progre.htm|title=unhchr.ch|website=Unhchr.ch}}</ref> The [[International Women's Year#International|1975 UN International Women's Year Conference]] echoed the Proclamation of Tehran.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995|url=https://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/beijing/mexico.html|access-date=7 July 2020|website=www.un.org}}</ref>