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TopicMedical abortion

Topic: medical abortion

Abortion black market, touts, scan vans — how Haryana’s ‘Beti Bachao’ is losing momentum

Beti Bachao made some gains, but 9 yrs on Haryana’s hunger for sons is fuelling a booming female foeticide racket, an investigation by ThePrint found. Sex ratio & FIRs are both dropping.

SC rejects woman’s plea to abort 26-week pregnancy. ‘Not a case of foetal abnormality’

Bench said 'no immediate threat' to mother & pregnancy had crossed 24 weeks — upper limit for abortion in case of married women. Woman sought abortion on grounds of postpartum psychosis.

SC decision on MTP act crucial for women’s health. Sensitisation, education should be next step

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

India and US went pro-choice around the same time. Only one strengthened its abortion laws

India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 established women’s right to seek an abortion two years before US Supreme Court judgment in Roe vs Wade.

Why India’s law on abortion does not use the word ‘abortion’

Some attribute the curious choice of words ‘medical termination of pregnancy’ in the 1971 Act to the colonial hangover of using technical jargon. But that's not the case.

Train grassroots health workers in medical abortions to keep women from quacks, say doctors

A majority of Indian women looking to undergo abortions do so by self-medication or through quacks because of the stigma around the procedure and lack of awareness.

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India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.