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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.
Supreme Court of India Allows Medical Panel to Grant Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor
Supreme Court of India Allows Medical Panel to Grant Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor (PRESS RELEASE) Four gynecologists will determine whether a pregnant 14-year-old rape survivor can obtain a legal abortion, according to [...]
Philippine Supreme Court Upholds Historic Reproductive Health Law
For recent updates on the Center's Work in the Philippines, click here. 04.08.14 (PRESS RELEASE) After more than a year deliberating the constitutionality of the country’s historic Reproductive Health Law passed in 2012, the Philippine [...]
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.
It’s time to end judicial authorization for abortion in India
It’s time to end judicial authorization for abortion in India Meera* was only 10 years old when she became pregnant after being raped. Meera did not know she was pregnant, and her family only realized [...]
New Laws in India Regulate Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy
Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.
Medical Panel in India Grants Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor
Medical Panel in India Grants Legal Abortion to Pregnant 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor (PRESS RELEASE) Four gynecologists informed the Supreme Court of India today that they determined a 14-year-old rape survivor, known as X, should receive [...]
India Passes Abortion Reform but Fails to Undo Barriers to Access
This week, the Parliament of India passed an amendment to India’s 50-year-old abortion law that fails to remove barriers to access and instead creates new ones. Following Presidential assent, per procedure, the amendment will become law. While [...]
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India’s Proposed Abortion “Reform” Fails to Undo Barriers to Access
An amendment to India’s 50-year-old abortion law, proposed as “reform,” fails to remove barriers to access and instead creates new ones. The amendment entrenches a harmful policy requiring women to obtain authorization by a medical practitioner for all abortion [...]
Reproductive rights are human rights.
Help us ensure that every government around the world guarantees them.