The Center filed a memorandum of support for Kalyani Meena v. Union of India &, Ors, a case developed in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) of India in 2008 to address the overwhelming number of preventable deaths of women who die either in pregnancy or childbirth in the north Indian state. Case filed: […]
Attorneys from HRLN conducted a fact-finding mission in 2010 that led to the subsequent withdrawal of the case in favor of refiling based on fresh evidence documenting reproductive rights violations in Bihar. For more information on the refiled case, please see CHARM v. The State of Bihar and Others (2011). Filing Date: January 2009 (Original […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/hp.05.09_0.jpg Today the Center for Reproductive Rights submitted a legal memorandum, equivalent to a friend-of-the court brief, in a case challenging India’s abortion law. The lawsuit was filed with the Indian Supreme Court by Dr. Nikhil Datar, an ob-gyn in Mumbai. He is seeking to change the country’s abortion law so that the procedure is […]
April 11 is National Safe Motherhood Day in India. On this day, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls on India to take urgent measures to reduce the country’s staggering number of maternal deaths and injuries. Over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year in India. For every woman who dies, some 30-50 women develop […]
In the summer of 2008, a patient of Mumbai gynecologist Nikhil Datar found out in her 25th week of pregnancy that her fetus had a serious heart defect and would not likely survive after birth. She and her husband were eager to have a baby, but after much thought they decided to terminate the pregnancy. […]
reproductiverights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/india_report.jpg In a new report, the Center for Reproductive Rights calls for legal action in response to India’s staggering maternal mortality problem. Despite the country’s growing economy and an ambitious rural health initiative, over 100,000 women die from pregnancy-related causes each year, more than anywhere else in the world. Many more suffer debilitating complications that […]