this has been acknowledged by the committees in the attention paid to women s reproductive health abortion contraception early marriage and teenage pregnancy thus it is recognized that control over their own reproduction is centra i to womens ability to participate on equal terms in society thus the reporting guidelines on article the right to life require states to provide information on birth rates and pregnancy and childbirthrelated deaths of women as well as measures taken to help women prevent unwanted pregnancies and to ensure they do not have to undergo life threatening clandestine abortions iccpr