AN ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-LEGAL ASPECTS OF ABORTION IN INDIA

AUTHOR – SAMRIDHI SOUMYA, STUDENT AT UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD

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ABSTRACT

There has been significant development in human rights around the globe. Countries and their governments have a basic responsibility to safeguard and protect their citizens and grant them their rights to their own bodies. The right to make decisions about one’s own self is a basic recognized expression of human rights. Men and women have been treated unequally in a gender-biased society which is still visible in the current day scenario. Choosing one’s body and making decisions for it should be the basis of legislation around the globe as the right to have autonomy over one’s own body is the essence of human rights.

The patriarchy has established many socio-cultural views behind a woman’s right to life. Traditionally a woman’s responsibility has only been accepted as of a homemaker and child-bearer, denying them ever the right to make decisions for their own selves. As conclusive from the upcoming topics in this paper, this is the existing scenario still persisting in many countries. The idea behind human rights is linked to the perseverance of their dignity. A woman’s decision on whether or not to bear a child is related to their dignity, as such denying a woman such freedom and independence to the autonomy of her body is an infringement of her human rights.

KEYWORDS: Abortion, Pro-life, Pro-choice, termination of pregnancy, MTP Act, Medical Termination of pregnancy, illegal abortion, right to life, right to privacy