Сonstitutional and legal protection of maternity

Abstract

The article presents an overview of the constitutional and legal legislation on maternity protection. Constitutional and legal protection of motherhood is carried out in the sphere of the realization of mothers’ labor rights, in the social sphere and in the field of medical support of motherhood. These areas relate to issues of joint jurisdiction of the Russian Federation and its subjects. Based on this, the article analyzes the federal legislation and the legislation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The provisions of the Federal Constitution and federal legislation lay the fundamental basis for the norms of republican legislation. Accordingly, the legislation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) establishes specifying and additional measures for the protection of the family, motherhood, fatherhood and childhood. The article notes that depending on the focus of protective measures: in the sphere of implementation of labor rights of mothers, their social rights and the right to health care – the heterogeneous content of the legislation of the subjects of the Federation, including the legislation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is noticeable. The rights of mothers in the social sphere are more fully and voluminously enshrined in the legislation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). In the field of protection of labor and medical rights, the legislation of the Republic is presented to a greater extent in the form of overlapping norms. The article also focuses on the difference between the protection of rights and their protection.