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The Faculty of Law, University of Lucknow, organised a departmental lecture where Dr. Shivani Katara delivered an engaging talk on the Right to Legal and Safe Abortion. The session explored the MTP Act, women’s bodily autonomy, and the ground realities of access to safe abortion in India.
“The right to abortion is a concomitant right of dignity, autonomy and reproductive choice which is guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution and the decision to terminate pregnancy is deeply personal for any person”.
This roundup revisits the analyses of Supreme Court’s judgments/orders on Unmarried persons’ right to safe abortion, Inclusion of ‘marital rape’ under Abortion laws, Journalist Sidhique Kappan’s bail; Constitution Bench’s opinion on Doctrine of Precedents; Reference of question relating to Pre-sentence hearing of death row convicts; Explainers on important law points; Collegium Recommendation; and more
By Aakanksha Saxena*