Women Health Rights- Where do two largest democracies stand?
Author - Alok Srivastava | Published - 2022
The recent judgements in the United States of America annulling abortion as a constitutional right for women has raised many eyebrows not only in the US but across the globe and considered regressive from women health rights perspective. On the other hand, in India, the other largest democratic country but a developing economy, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 that allowed for legal abortions under specific conditions within 20 weeks of pregnancy, was further amended in early 2021 and extended it up to 24 weeks.