Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2014: A positive note

Abstract

This paper is an attempt to analyze the proposed amendment to The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 in the current scenario of reproductive rights and abortion law in India. This is a comparative analysis of abortion laws in India with that of United States, United Kingdom, and South Africa. The paper finds the proposed amendments as radical and gender-sensitive in comparison with its legislative counter parts.