**5. Conclusions**

This study shows that the SRHR of migrant workers remains severely curtailed in Malaysia. Political will is necessary to revise restrictive immigration laws and labour policies to enable low-skill migrant workers to fulfil their SRHR. We suggest that instead of the discriminatory prohibition of pregnancy during employment, that all migrant workers are provided with access to SRH education and low-cost contraception by employers. All pregnant women, including non-citizens, should also have equal access to antenatal and delivery care at public healthcare facilities, and healthcare access should be decriminalised. A more inclusive, rights-based approach to healthcare access would have population-wide benefits, and this would put Malaysia towards the path of meeting the SDG target of 3.7 for universal access to SRH services.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, T.L.; methodology, T.L., Z.X.C. and N.S.P.; software, T.L. and Z.X.C.; validation, T.L., Z.X.C., A.W.d.S., and N.S.P.; formal analysis, T.L. and Z.X.C.; investigation, T.L., Z.X.C. and N.S.P.; resources, T.L. and N.S.P.; data curation, Z.X.C.; writing—original draft preparation, T.L.; writing—review and editing, T.L., N.S.P., Z.X.C. and A.W.d.S.; project administration, Z.X.C.; funding acquisition, T.L., and N.S.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research was funded by The Asia Pacific Observatory (APO) on Health Systems and Policies [grant number IF034-2020] and the China Medical Board's Equity Initiative [grant number IF055-2018].

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results.
