Her statement was a response to West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi's plan to make vasectomy a requirement for public aid from the provincial government, including scholarships and social assistance.
“This is also a matter of privacy; decisions about one's body, including whether or not to have a vasectomy, are human rights. Therefore, it should not be exchanged for social aid or other benefits,” she said at the Komnas HAM office on Friday.
According to Sigiro, the human rights discourse opposes punishing or coercing individuals into undermining their bodily autonomy.
Consequently, making family planning a condition for receiving government aid could potentially violate human rights.
“Punishment itself is unacceptable, and physically penalizing someone is contrary to human rights principles, especially when exchanged for social assistance. This concerns individual bodily autonomy. Forcing family planning constitutes a human rights violation,” she explained.
Earlier, West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi announced his plan to make participation in family planning a prerequisite for the public to receive the provincial government's assistance.
In Bandung on April 28, 2025, Mulyadi stated that this plan aims to distribute government aid more equitably and avoid concentrating it on single individuals or families.
He added that all government assistance would be linked to family planning data.
Furthermore, he emphasized the need to integrate social assistance recipient data with population data, including information on family planning participants, particularly those choosing male methods like vasectomies, he added.
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