All women Married or unmarried have right of abortion.

All women Married or unmarried have right of abortion.

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act is given wider interpretation by Supreme Court.

Section 312 of IPC punished anyone who causes abortion even with the consent of women.

MTP  Act1971 was brought to regulate abortion and provide for safe abortion

It provided abortion up to 12 week pregnancy with opinion of one doctor and 20 weeks with 2 doctor's opinion.

In 2021 the law amended and allowed abortion with opinion of only one doctor for 20 weeks.

Two doctor's opinion for 24 weeks is needed when women is survivor of Rape, is a minor or changed marital status(divorce).

Till now only married women had the right.

But Supreme Court now  held that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion.

The Court held that legal and safe  Abortion is part of personal liberty.