Sasi (2019) commented that late-term abortions (after 20 weeks of gestation) are an issue of
immense debate in India, where the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 …

The Supreme Court of India's judgement on 29th September, 2022, held that unmarried
women have the same right to abortion as married women. The Medical Termination of …

Late-term abortions (after 20 weeks of gestation) are an issue of immense debate in India,
where the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 permits abortions only up to 20 …

Reform of the abortion laws in favour of the wellbeing of pregnant women is one aspect of
the removal of gender discrimination. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (MTP Act) …

In the summer of 2017, the Supreme Court of India denied permission to abort a 26-week-
old foetus, detected with Down syndrome at 22 weeks, to a family which already had a child …

Laws that regulate the identification of a foetus and the termination of a pregnancy in India
are shaped by their social context. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 …

We welcome readers to the new schedule of publication for the Asian Bioethics Review.
Henceforth, issues will appear in January, April, July, and October of each year. The theme …

A woman's decision to seek an abortion may not be a flippant choice. It may be the only
solution to a myriad of stressful situations related to her pregnancy. Unsafe abortions are a …

Non-therapeutic abortions (abortions other than those performed to save the life of the
mother) are freely promoted, aggressively marketed and effectively enforced by state-co …

Background Approximately one-fourth of all the inhabitants on earth are Muslims. Due to
unprecedented migration, physicians are often confronted with cultures other than their own …