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

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11.07.2022

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.

10.23.2022

Op-ed: Reproductive Rights, India

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

09.27.2022

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.

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