The Legal Status Of The Right To Abortion In India

Dr. S.M. Abinaya, Advocate

ABSTRACT

The Right to Abortion is a controversial right in India. Every woman in India irrespective of any discrimination as to the marital relationship, have a complete access to safe and secure abortion as far as it falls under the regime of certain conditions imposed by the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971. The recent amendments and Judgments had uplifted the reproduction rights of women. Millions of women in Rural India suffers due to unawareness and lack of education or knowledge on the abortion rights, due to which the health and wellbeing of the women are deeply affected and often churns out to be fatal than an injury. Due to the life-threatening difficulties faced by the Women in abortion, the Judiciary and Legislative had besieged amendment into the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act in 2021, which had increased the gestation period and enhanced woman reproductive rights. The main principle notion behind the Abortion laws in India and its disastrous shortcomings are discussed by the researcher. This research tends to reveal the problems faced by women to access abortion and inherent human rights of women in India.

Keywords: Abortion, Reproductive Rights, Human Rights, Health, Foetus etc.