"Women should be able to decide freely and for themselves whether, when and how many children they have," he said.
"Despite progress, there is a still a huge unfinished agenda in front of us; the right for women and girls to be able to decide freely about their own bodies and live without fear of violence so they can achieve their full potential.
Thus, in the context of living donation, people must know what living donation involves, including the risks to them and the chances of success for the recipient, they must be able to decide freely whether to donate, and they must be competent to do so.
"If we are going to be successful in tackling poverty, women have be able to decide, freely and for themselves, whether, when and how many children to have" (Mark Lowcock, Permanent Secretary, UKAID).
International organizations recommend that the written permission for obtaining cord blood should be obtained long before onset of active labor, so that parents will be able to decide freely and responsibly [ 24, 25].
To respect the principle of autonomy in the informed consent procedure, patients should be able to decide freely without any external pressure whether they agree to continue to participate in a clinical trial at any time.
More women than ever are able to decide freely how many children to have and when, but many women in the world still lack access to modern methods of contraceptives, and gender inequality in the developing world prevents many girls and women from exercising their reproductive freedom.
It is for this reason that I want every nation to be able to decide its own affairs freely.
However, inexperienced users may not be able to decide correctly.
They are able to decide, not me.
This means that the patient should be able to freely decide their participation in the study without any external pressure and that they could resign from the study at any time without any consequence to their care.
