Abortion needs of women in India: A case study of rural Maharashtra

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 77-86

  Gupte, Manisha ^b   Bandewar, Sunita ^a   Pisal, Hemlata ^b  

^a Aapli Sahakari Society   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

EID: 0030843228     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(97)90008-2     Document Type: Article

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3. The Report of the Committee to Study the Question of Legislation of Abortion, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (1966) states that: 'It must be made quite clear - that the words "family planning" connote the control of conception which does not include abortion. However, abortion also can be used as a means to control family size, as is being done currently in several countries, in which case family planning or contraception and abortion are in parallel categories, both of which can lead to population control.'
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10. One of the authors of this paper has been living and working locally since 1987. She founded the locally based women's organisation MASUM, which offers social awareness programmes, credit programmes, and income generation and health activities. The ethics committee included a health activist, a feminist and a woman from MASUM.
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