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 rules safe and legal abortion under Indian law applies to all women, regardless of marital status.
The Center’s Sara Malkani discusses a significant abortion ruling by India’s top court.
Amendment to India’s 1971 law a step forward, but gaps remain.
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.
Laws include some improvements, but gaps remain.
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 India. This work has included several UN submissions, advocacy briefs and publications including most recently, on legal barriers to accessing […]