The Pulse - Abortion: Rights Vs Ethics

On July 15th, the Supreme Court agreed to examine the constitutional validity of certain legal provisions that allow abortion only to save the woman's life or in case of abnormal foetus… and allegedly violate women's right to health, free reproductive choice as well as privacy.

Admitting a writ petition filed by Swati Agarwal, Garima Sekseria and Prachi Vats, the apex court issued a notice to the Centre on their contention that several provisions of the 48-year-old Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 imposes severe restrictions on the reproductive choice of a woman, her personal liberty and bodily autonomy.

In their plea, the petitioners have contended that the right to choose whether to conceive and carry pregnancy to its full term or to terminate it was at the core of one's privacy, dignity, personal autonomy, bodily integrity, self determination and right to health.

We discuss on the show whether liberalizing the abortion law will help reduce the high number of unsafe abortions in the country. Will it lead to more sex election abortions? And is liberalizing the law enough?
Anchor - Teena Jha

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