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Legal Perspective

This section tells you about the laws on abortion in India i.e. Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The law has undergone various amendments, the latest being in March 2021. You can learn about the history of the law, all the proposed and accepted changes, critical reviews, and how the MTP law interacts with other laws in the country.

Guidance: Ensuring access to safe abortion and addressing gender-biased sex selection_2015

Many a slip between the cup and the lip: Universal access to safe abortion services in India_2012

MTP Amendment Bill, 2014: Towards reimagining abortion care_2015

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

Abortion laws in India: A review of court cases_2016

Civil society recommendations of making the Medicat termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020 a rights based legislation

Supplementary information for the adoption of the list of issues on India in the absence of a state report for the consideration of the committee in its 126th session_2019

Assessing Youth-Friendliness of Abortion Services

Abortion Stigma in Delhi NCR

Young women and abortion: Avoiding legal and policy barriers_2013

When a health professional refuses: Legal and regulatory limits on conscientious objection to provision of abortion care_2012

Brochure MTP information_Hindi

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