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Before 1971, abortion was criminalized under Section 312 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, [8] describing it as intentionally "causing miscarriage". [9] Except in cases where abortion was carried out to save the life of the woman, it was a punishable offense and criminalized women/providers, with whoever voluntarily caused a woman with child to miscarry [10] facing three years in prison and/or a ...
India’s highest court has released a decision equalizing access to abortion, correcting a 2021 law that limited access for unmarried women to the 20th week of their pregnancies.
India's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that all women, regardless of marital status, can obtain abortions up to 24 weeks into their pregnancies. Previously, under India’s abortion law, married ...
In Latin America, abortion on request is only legal in Cuba (1965), Uruguay (2012), [39] Argentina (2021), [36] Colombia (2022) [40] and in parts of Mexico. [41] [42] Abortions are completely banned in the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua, and only allowed in certain restricted circumstances in most other Latin American ...
Thambidurai of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in an expression of contentment conveyed his satisfaction on passage of this women's reservation bill. He further emphasized his personal connection to this development, as he had previously introduced this bill during his tenure as the law minister in the Union government led by Atal ...
Gender selection and selective abortion were banned in India under Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostics Technique Act in 1994. [79] The practice continues illegally. Other institutional efforts, such as advertisements calling female foeticides a sin by the Health Ministry of India and annual Girl Child Day [ 80 ] can be observed to raise ...
Abortion has become a driving issue in getting voters to cast ballots in local and state elections on Tuesday
Even with a high rate of abortion in India, a study in 1996 showed 80% of Indian women (which did not separate by religious identification) disapproved and 56% considered it a heinous crime. [10] One of the social reasons for a massive number of abortions in India most likely includes the gender of the fetus.