Pushpendra Singh, LLM, National Law University, Delhi
ABSTRACT
Biologically, abortion refers to the natural ejection of a foetus from the mother's body due to various biological flaws and difficulties. In general abortion is defined as the intention to "deliberately terminate the pregnancy" for either natural causes (faults and issues within the mother's body) or personal reasons (not wanting to get pregnant, lack of will, poor motivation, family reasons, social reasons, psychological reasons, etc). There are a number of legitimate concerns about abortion's ethical implications. To begin with, is it ethical to choose abortion due to the mother's unilateral will if she has no biological or physiological issues? Second, assuming that is the case, in what circumstances and to what extent is such a pregnancy termination acceptable? Without a doubt, the foetus is seen as having life and dignity tied to it. The problem endures in this manner, implying that there are dichotomous concerns of mothers and foetuses in the context of abortion. Giving women the right to abortion, while also preserving the rights and lives of the foetus, is a difficult balancing act that the researcher seeks to investigate.
