Reproductive Rights

When Voices for the 'Unborn Child' Silence Women

A set of recent judgements has eroded the pro-choice stance of Indian courts. The shrinking of access to abortion puts into jeopardy women's right to life and dignity.
▶14-Mar-2024
Keertana K. Tella

Regressive Isolationism: American Reproductive Politics in the Twenty First Century

The legal quagmire in the US on access to abortion is generated by political design, crafted to ensure that the restitution of reproductive rights is a long-drawn-out process.
▶07-Nov-2023
Sanjam Ahluwalia, Dilofarid Miskinzod

Abortions in India: Myths, Facts and Reality

India’s recently amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act is quite progressive on paper but its translation into practice makes abortion as inaccessible in the country as in many of the most…
▶31-Aug-2022
Shireen Jejeebhoy, Vinoj Manning

Gendering the Pandemic in the Prison

'For women, prisons are built with stones of "patriarchal" law. It is time to campaign against incarcerated pregnancies and custodial childbirths as making for cruel, inhuman and…
▶09-Jul-2020
Pratiksha Baxi, Navsharan Singh