Believe it or not, the number of abortion cases in various hospitals in India per year has been increasing massively. Like other states, the doctors in Chandigarh have expressed their concerns over this fact. Is abortion legal in India? If yes, then what are the conditions under which woman can seek opt for abortion in married or unmarried pregnancy? In this post, we have explained in details all the important cases under which a woman can abort her pregnancy legally.
In India, the law does not give permission to abort the child post 20 weeks of pregnancy. Since a person can only involve in sex determination of an unborn child after a period of 20 weeks so govt of India has set this limit. It is Medical Termination of Abortion act, 1971 which allows a woman to undergo pregnancy. But still, there are loopholes in this act as it has been proved that a person can determine the sex of an unborn child before 20 weeks through newly invented techniques. So the question arises, “why to follow this time period when it is possible to undergo abortion before 20 weeks?”
Decision of Abortion
Although a Chandigarhian woman can approach various hospitals of Chandigarh for aborting her unmarried pregnancy, doctors have the right to take the decision to abort the child. Doctors take into consideration the medical health of the mother before executing abortion. Apart from medical means, there are natural methods to end the pregnancy and many women adopt these ways to reduce the side effects of medical abortion. In the case of seeking an abortion before 12 weeks of pregnancy, a woman needs to take permission from only one doctor. While for a pregnancy between 12 to 20 weeks, she needs to have two doctors to sign off. There are a number of reasons to have an abortion for a woman. Four main cases in which a child can be aborted are mentioned below:
- In case the continuation of pregnancy poses threats to a mother’s life. Or if a mother feels discomfort at the physical or mental level, then she can approach the doctors to seek an abortion.
- If abnormalities are detected in the foetus, then also it is the right of a woman to ask for an abortion.
- For an unmarried woman, if pregnancy has taken place due to the failure of contraception.
- A woman affected by sexual assault or rape can choose to abort the child if it is possible to do so under the guidelines of the law.
Conclusion
To conclude we can say that in Chandigarh a woman cannot choose to abort her child. Although there are many reputed hospitals as well as abortion clinics available in Chandigarh so it is only possible to execute abortion based on circumstances that too with the consent of doctors. After analysing abortion facts and statistics, many doctors have also expressed their concern over the increasing number of abortion pills in India. This is so because it is not safe to use abortion pills for a woman’s health. However, there is an availability of home remedies to abort a child in the case of a