The Suno India ShowMatter of Choice: When seeking abortion is confused for sex selection
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
