A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IN INDIA AND THE U.S.

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  • Seenu Tiwari LLM Author

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Abstract

Reproductive autonomy is a contemporary legal issue in the United States since the number of years. However reproductive right is yet to perceived as a fundamental right under the Indian Constitution. In the light of this bereft point of convergence on the contention of reproductive liberty in India, this paper analyse the Indian attitude with that of the U.S., with respect to judicial approach and State strategies. It perceives the topic from the viewpoint of legal point in question in regard to reproductive freedom, as abortion and forced sterilization that are similar in India and USA, in spite of their diverse social and cultural background. This study throws light on how a vast difference between the two countries on the point of reproductive freedom has led to the evolution of various legal rules regarding reproductive autonomy.

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18-06-2018

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Seenu Tiwari. “A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM IN INDIA AND THE U.S”. Journal of Legal Studies & Research, vol. 4, no. 3, June 2018, pp. 481-94, https://journal.thelawbrigade.com/jlsr/article/view/2172.