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A Comprehensive Guide to Abortion in India

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Even with rising global awareness post-Roe v. Wade, abortion in India is still a topic that finds little place in public discourse. India is a distinct cultural and political space that provides a unique social perspective on issues of bodily autonomy. With this context in mind, fostering widespread public awareness of the legal structure, procedure of abortion, medical impact, and alternatives becomes imperative to ensure safe, reliable, and easily accessible abortion services for all.

 Roe V Wade: The Right to Bodily Decisions

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When the basic right to even exercise autonomy on one’s body is taken away, that’s when you know that it’s a war on women. The situation worsened with the overturning of the Roe V Wade case that primarily gave the women in the US, abortion rights. This decision of overturning the landmark judgment by the Supreme Court of the US took back the search for women’s rights on an equality level almost 50 years back. The Supreme Court is supposed to expand on the rights that are listed for people and not take away necessities. The Roe case held in itself an entire class of rights that people should have.

The New MTP Act Amendment: Is It ‘For Keeps?’

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The New MTP Act Amendment: Is It ‘For Keeps?’ The 2021 Amendment of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (1971) was recently passed in the Rajya Sabha on 16 March 2021 and by the Lok Sabha on 17 March 2020. The amendment boasts of providing women with safe and legal abortion services on therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian, or social grounds. …

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A Global Perspective: Rights or Religion?

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A Global Perspective: Rights or Religion? There are many womxn that make awful decisions because others want them to, and they aren’t strong enough to do what is right for them. Yes, we are talking about abortion today. This article isn’t going to tell you about some laws in certain countries. Instead, this is a discourse of …

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