Editing Reproductive rights (section)

==Prohibition of forced sterilization and forced abortion==
The [[Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence|Istanbul convention]], the first legally binding instrument in Europe in the field of violence against women and domestic violence,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oas.org/es/mesecvi/docs/CSW-SideEvent2014-Flyer-EN.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093634/https://www.oas.org/es/mesecvi/docs/CSW-SideEvent2014-Flyer-EN.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref> prohibits [[forced sterilization]] and [[forced abortion]]:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168046031c |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708000957/https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=090000168046031c |archive-date=8 July 2016 }}</ref>

{{Blockquote|Article 39 – Forced abortion and forced sterilisation
:Parties shall take the necessary legislative or other measures to ensure that the following intentional conducts are criminalised:
* a performing an abortion on a woman without her prior and informed consent;
* b performing surgery which has the purpose or effect of terminating a woman's capacity to naturally reproduce without her prior and informed consent or understanding of the procedure}}