Drishti JaiswalAIR 255 · CSE 2022 · 166 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening · a constitutional or legal provision
Despite laws like Medical termination of pregnancy Act, and various supreme court judgements supporting women's right to abortion in India, access to abortion is still a challenge.
Body · points
Problems of accessibility is due to
- Cultural factors - 60% of population lives in rural India who are bound by custom and traditions and abortion is like going against God's will.
- Lack of medical infrastructure
- In rural areas, absence of doctors and medical machinery for termination of pregnancy.
- Poor road and transportation
- linking rural to urban areas
decreases the accessibility. 4) Emergence of live-in relations and stigma around unmarried pregnancy. 5) Unempathetic doctors and staff who view abortion with judgemental gaze. 6) Reproductive coersion, term coined by Orna Donath - leading to forcing women to bear the child. 7) Economic cost involve in abortion process, can't be affordable to lower classes of society.
Close · a way forward
Thus, to ensure reproductive justice in the country, abortion should be made available to every nook and corner of the country.