Matter of Choice: When seeking abortion is confused for sex selection
12/05/24 • 23 min
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What prevents women from seeking safe, legal abortions? Studies show that the awareness about abortion and its legality is very low among people. To add to the confusion, the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 or PCPNDT Act which makes sex selection illegal gives anti-abortion messages.
This is the fifth and final episode of a series Matter of Choice, a series that explores how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Saraswati Sahu, a leader with the Chhatisgarh Mahila Mukti Morcha that works on the rights of workers, who talks about her own abortion stories and how she used to feel abortion was illegal, and that she had to undergo abortion surreptitiously. Menaka also talked to Pritam Potdar, the managing director with the Pune-based non-profit, Samyak Communication and Research Centre, which works on gender rights. Menaka also spoke to Vinoj Manning, the CEO of the international non profit Ipas Development Foundation and his colleague, Samina Parveen who works as a specialist in the research and evaluation team at IPAS which recently released a survey on the attitudes of Indians about abortion.
This podcast is supported by Pulitzer center
References
Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 | India Code
At 914, child sex ratio is the lowest since Independence - The Hindu
https://www.masum-india.org.in/images/Sex%20selection%20and%20safe%20abortion.pdf
Doctors wary of conducting abortions after 12 weeks | Mumbai news - Hindustan Times
Private detectives to check sex determination tests in Punjab | Chandigarh News - Times of India
Why getting a safe abortion by a registered gynaecologist has become almost impossible
See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
What prevents women from seeking safe, legal abortions? Studies show that the awareness about abortion and its legality is very low among people. To add to the confusion, the implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 or PCPNDT Act which makes sex selection illegal gives anti-abortion messages.
This is the fifth and final episode of a series Matter of Choice, a series that explores how women face medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Saraswati Sahu, a leader with the Chhatisgarh Mahila Mukti Morcha that works on the rights of workers, who talks about her own abortion stories and how she used to feel abortion was illegal, and that she had to undergo abortion surreptitiously. Menaka also talked to Pritam Potdar, the managing director with the Pune-based non-profit, Samyak Communication and Research Centre, which works on gender rights. Menaka also spoke to Vinoj Manning, the CEO of the international non profit Ipas Development Foundation and his colleague, Samina Parveen who works as a specialist in the research and evaluation team at IPAS which recently released a survey on the attitudes of Indians about abortion.
This podcast is supported by Pulitzer center
References
Pre-Conception & Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 | India Code
At 914, child sex ratio is the lowest since Independence - The Hindu
https://www.masum-india.org.in/images/Sex%20selection%20and%20safe%20abortion.pdf
Doctors wary of conducting abortions after 12 weeks | Mumbai news - Hindustan Times
Private detectives to check sex determination tests in Punjab | Chandigarh News - Times of India
Why getting a safe abortion by a registered gynaecologist has become almost impossible
See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
Previous Episode
Matter of Choice: How getting an abortion is linked to contraceptive use
How getting an abortion is linked to contraceptive use
How a person seeking abortion is treated often relates to their contraception history. When someone seeks abortion, the health system discriminates against those who take temporary contraceptives or no contraceptives at all. The public health hospitals often deny abortion unless women undergo a permanent sterilisation or at least take a long acting contraceptive such as intrauterine devices.
This is the fourth episode of a series 'Matter of Choice', a series that explores how women face. This podcast explores how these systemic denials and attitudes have classist and casteist implications. Suno India’s Menaka Rao also speaks to women who got pregnant after a sterlisation surgery, which is rare. Despite exhausting all their methods to avoid pregnancy, these women barely get any help when they seek abortion.
medical, legal and social barriers to abortions. This podcast features women from Delhi, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. Menaka speaks to human rights activist and educationist, Shreya Khemani, and labour rights activist, Saraswati Sahu, both of whom are based in Chhattisgarh. Menaka also spoke to Dr Suchitra Dalvie, gynaecologist and coordinator of Asia Safe Abortion Partnership.
This podcast is supported by Pulitzer Center.
References
Mistreatment and Coercion: Unethical Sterilization in India
Men’s Participation in Family Planning & Reproductive Health
End sterilisation camps, says Supreme Court - The Hindu
India sterilisations: More Chhattisgarh botched cases - BBC News
See sunoindia.in/privacy-policy for privacy information.
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