Issues

A Fact Finding Report of the Sterilisation Camp Held at Manikchak Rural Hospital, District Malda, West Bengal

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On February 5, 2013 a mega female Minilap Ligation operation camp was held at Manikchak rural hospital of Malda district of West Bengal where 103 women were sterilised. It was reported in the local media that the women who were sterilised in this camp were kept on the open ground ..... Read More

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Petition to SC challenges ‘Criminalisation of Abortions’ after 20th week of pregnancy

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Mrs X and Mrs Y vs Union of India & Ors,challenges the Constitutional validity of section 3 (2) (b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 (MTP Act). The MTP Act bans the medical termination of a pregnancy post 20 weeks, and therefore does not adequately take into ..... Read More

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The insensitive practice of Sterilisation ‘Drives’: A case from Bihar

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The irresponsible and target driven practice of ‘sterilization camps’ in India have resulted into an incident which completely violated the women’s right to life as we witness in the case, Devika Biswas v. Union of India & Ors. . In January, 2012, a sterilization camp was conducted in the ..... Read More

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Access to Health Care Services-Post Liberalization Era

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Health is one of the most important interventions in the Economic and Social development and improved quality of life of the citizen. The north-eastern state of Assam with the highest maternal deaths in the country has managed to drop its number of maternal deaths in the last ..... Read More

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