THE SOMATIC REPRODUCTION RIGHTS OF AN INDIAN FEMALE: A RIGHT, A CHOICE, OR BOTH?
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Abortion, procedure, International laws, Indian By-laws, right to life, abortion rights, post-2020Abstract
The trigger to write this article came directly from looking at the number of abortions that took place outside the healthcare facilities in India. Ever since the Indian Independence, the country has seen fast growth in all spheres leaving out the health care for women at stake. Especially the pregnant women and women who want to abort their pregnancies have been experiencing acute deformities while accessing medical help in common. Now, proceeding on to the rural women's health in India, a large portion of them has been identified to have terminated their pregnancies in an unethical manner, which is dangerous to their life. After analyzing the major health issues in India, it is found that the problems relating to the unethical abortion of pregnancy have been on higher rates.
Hence, this article opens new vistas for the discussion of women’s rights over her body and the timeline of the Women’s abortion rights in India. The article makes a vast clarity between the somatic rights of the Indian women in comparison with that of the International law. Furthermore, the article walks through the methods and procedures for the termination of pregnancies along with its legality. The understanding of the right over the body, the right to terminate the pregnancy, and the right to life give a large scope for study in this article. This article mainly aims at enlightening the reader about the ambit of women’s rights over her body post-2020. To provide more importance in this regard the disadvantages faced by an Indian woman due to the unwanted pregnancy are provided for the reader’s quick grasp.
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