a) The law of Georgia on Health Care (LHC) - Chapter XXIII Family Planning
b) The Draft law on Reproductive Health and Reproductive Rights (DL-RHRR)
- Date of adoption and entry into force:
a) LHC - Adopted by Parliament of Georgia on 10 December 1997
b) DL-RHRR– Submitted to the Georgian Government in December 2003
- Published in: LHC - News of the Parliament, 1997, Dec.
- Indicate if process of revision is ongoing and, in your answers, provide information on provision in the draft law: DL-RHRR– Before submitting the draft law to the Government, it was discussed among main stakeholders within the healthcare system and relevant non-governmental organizations. Professor of Toronto University Bernard Dickens (expert in the field of health law) was involved in the drafting process.
Later the document was sent to the various Ministries, Departments and governmental agencies and their comments have been taken into consideration as well.
The next steps should be: (a) discussions within the apparatus of the President and later (b) debates in the Parliament.