Laws in India

The Constitution of India provides fundamental protections for all Indians. Most crucially, the constitution protects the Right to Life and a number of derivative rights, including the right to health and the right to be free from cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The Government of India has developed a number of specific laws to address reproductive rights issues including child marriage, medical termination of pregnancy and sex selection.
To correct fundamental rights violations and to improve the reproductive rights situation in India, the government of India has developed a number of schemes to improve healthcare, to increase institutional deliveries, and to encourage healthy behaviour. Finally, India is a party to a number of international human rights conventions that obligate the government to protect, promote, respect and fulfill reproductive rights.


This section provides a brief overview of existing legal protections in India.

Laws

My Body My Choice – A Human Rights Perspective of Abortion Law in India

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  05.07.2019: Abortion has always been a highly contentious issue in the spheres of philosophy, religion, culture and politics. However, at the core of the debate on abortion is the question: who gets to decide to terminate a pregnancy? The tension between ....
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Fact Finding Report – Infant Deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome

Articles, Assam, Bihar, Case, Education, Images, Issues, Landmark, Litigation, News, Publication, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, States, Update, WORK

    01.07.2019: A team of social activists and lawyers from Human Rights Law Network, Patna visited Muzaffarpur on a fact-finding mission relating to the deaths of children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome. The team visited villages including Ali Neura, Mustafapur, Kanti Block’s ....
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Fact Finding Report on the conditions of three Sub Health Centres in Nagaland

Articles, Case, Images, Issues, Maternal Health, Nagaland, Quality of Care, Report, Research and Fact Finding, Uncategorized, Update

  Date: 17.06.2019 A team of lawyers and researchers visited a three sub-health centre in the state of Nagaland namely Mima, Khonoma and Kigwema Sub Health Centre. The research aimed at checking the accessibility of health services provided by the various PHC in ....
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AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA

Articles, Delhi, Images, Impact, Kerala, Media Report, News, Odisha, Punjab, Research and Fact Finding

Date: 14.06.2019 Report prepared by Niyati Bhardwaj      AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJANA Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day speech of 2018, announced the launch of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme (AB-NHPS). ....
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Military spouses face higher perinatal depression risk

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January 14, 2019 Women whose partners are away on military deployment are at greater risk of developing mental illness during the perinatal period, according to a review paper published in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University's Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research (VFI) ....
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