It’s about time.
Because it's legal.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (1971, amended 2002) permits abortion within up to 20 weeks of pregnancy, under a variety of circumstances.
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But stigma and taboo has convinced a LOT of Indians that it isn't.
A recent survey of post-grad students at Chandigarh's Institute for Research and Social Development (ISRD) found that 90% of participants thought abortion was totally illegal in India. In Bihar and Jharkhand, fewer than half of women knew abortion is a legal option, and in Madhya Pradesh, only 15%.
Among youth, 39% and 46% of young men and women, respectively, know that abortion is legal for unmarried women, and only 23-26% know abortion is legal for married women.
Because women who don't know about legal abortion options end up going to unqualified people to terminate their pregnancies.
Which results in complications.
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Because the fear of discrimination drives many women to try unsafe and medically unsubstantiated methods at home to induce an abortion, which can prove fatal.
Unsafe abortions account for at least 8% of maternal mortality in India.