Disability and women's health

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Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women outlines women's protection from gender discrimination when receiving health services and women's entitlement to specific gender-related healthcare provisions.^[1] Article 25 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities specifies that "persons with disabilities have the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health without discrimination on the basis of disability."^[2] It has been noted that the women with disabilities face obstacles and hardships and cannot access the same medical resources as those without.^[3] While the CDC reports that 36 million women in the world have disabilities, they often do not receive the same quality of healthcare.^[4] Women with disabilities are entitled to equal access to reproductive healthcare.