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Center Holds Seminar for Thai Judges on Legal Issues of Surrogacy in Asia card link

Center Holds Seminar for Thai Judges on Legal Issues of Surrogacy in Asia

100+ participants learn about surrogacy laws, case studies and key cases to help improve legal standards in the region.

Assisted Reproduction, Surrogacy,Asia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam,Reporting on Rights,Story

Center and Partners Outline Ways to Increase Abortion Access in India

Manual launched by the Center and partners outlines India's abortion laws, barriers to access, and reforms needed.

Abortion,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Events

Advocacy Manual on Legal Regulation of Abortion in India: Complexities and Challenges

Abortion,Asia, India,Documents

With Recent Ruling, India Follows Global Trend of Liberalizing Abortion Laws

Supreme Court rules safe and legal abortion under Indian law applies to all women, regardless of marital status.

Abortion, Legal Protections,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Story

Op-ed: Reproductive Rights, India

The Center's Sara Malkani discusses a significant abortion ruling by India’s top court.

Abortion,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Center in the Spotlight
Center’s New Factsheet Explains Recent Changes to the Abortion Law in India card link

Center’s New Factsheet Explains Recent Changes to the Abortion Law in India

Amendment to India’s 1971 law a step forward, but gaps remain.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Other Barriers,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Story

Factsheet: India MTP Amendment Act (2021)

This Center factsheet, released in September 2022, outlines and analyzes India's 2021 MTP Amendment Act, which aimed to reform the country's 50-year-old abortion law, the 1971 Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.

Abortion, Legal Protections, Other Barriers,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Publications

New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy

Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.

Assisted Reproduction, Surrogacy,India,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,News

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.

The Center’s Work in India

Since the launch of the report Women of the World South Asia (2004), the Center has engaged in sustained efforts to improve access to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as human rights in [...]

Asia, India,Engaging Policymakers,Uncategorized

In India, Center Partners with Law School to Offer Reproductive Law and Justice Clinic

Members of the Center's Asia team are among the instructors at this pilot program at Jindal Global Law School.

SRHR General,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,News

Safe Abortion Through Medical Abortion and Self-Management in Select Asian Countries

Published collaboratively by Center for Reproductive Rights and South Asia Reproductive Justice and Accountability Initiative (SARJAI), this paper outlines the existing public health standards and the current human rights standards on abortion including medical and self-managed abortions.

Abortion,Asia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Abortion in India: Report Reveals Widespread Legal Barriers and Recommends Ways to Improve Access

Report by the Center and partners launched at a virtual event for advocates and stakeholders in India.

Abortion, Legal Restrictions, Other Barriers,Asia, India,Engaging Policymakers, Around the World,Events

Legal Barriers to Accessing Safe Abortion Services in India: A Fact-Finding Study

Through a field-based study in four states--Delhi, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu--the "Legal Barriers to Accessing Safe Abortion Services in India: A Fact-Finding Study" aims to understand and document the way in which the Indian Medical Termination [...]

Abortion,Asia, India,Reporting on Rights,Publications

Reproductive rights are human rights.

Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.