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abortion cases bishi uthi thakishe

September  23,2020: Pratigya Campaign’s new legal report  te dikhishe  ki India  laga  high  courts  khan etia   abortion cases  bishi utha  dikhi thakishe.

Judiciary’s Role in Access to Safe Abortion- II’ report  te saikena         cases khan dikhishe aro  permission khan mangishe India  laga   high court para   pregnancy termination nimete May 2019 to August 2020 sabole  nimete.

Etu te komti hoilebi 243 cases nishena file kurishe 14 high courts te aro ekta appeal toh  supreme court te kurise.

Cases laga  84 percent toh  permission  khan dikena  thakishe  pregnancy toh terminate kuribole nimete.

74 per cent total cases, te file kurishe20-week gestation period,  nimete 23 per cent total cases 20-week gestation period bithor te file kurishe. Aro   courts te jabole ase.

Etu 74 per cent cases (filed after 20 weeks cut off), te per cent cases rape/sexual abuse, 42 per cent foetal anomalies; aro 23 per cent cases (filed even before 20 weeks), 18 per cent cases sexual abuse/rape aro 6% foetal anomaly nimete thakishe.

India laga  legal aspect te kotha  kura aro study finding  te Anubha Rastogi, Pratigya Campaign Advisory Group Member aro report laga  author koishe”cases utha te  fact  khan dikhaishe  kun tu para safe aro legal abortion service nimete desh te    aro bi bishi ase.”

Rastogi koishe”Etu  toh imperative  ase law  te okobi bodli kurishe   koile toh uthikena  thaka  aro rights-based, inclusive aro accessible legislation  abortion  nimete akhe jabole  laga ase.”

Rastogi koishe”Judii ekta  bi nutun law/amendment toh third party authorisation etu te medical boards  thakibole lageh aro decision te saaman  dibole  lageh etu te  registered service provider aro  pregnant manu nimete ase.”