Legalization of Abortion: Legal and Moral Aspects (Paper)

  • Parinaz Fanibanda, Karnavati University, Ahmedabad
  • December 27, 2020

Content :

The debate and discrepancies around the social and legal aspect of abortion has been in standing practice since time immemorial. Not only the Indian society but also on global parameters, different countries following different; traditions, customs and practices have to put up a great fight to curb it against the existing moral and ethical aspect. Tackling the subject matter of abortion not only calls for legal but also social advancements from the society shedding the orthodoxic mindset. The present paper transudes in discussing how the laws governing abortion, particularly the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971, being a legislation ahead of its time crippled to dire needs of amendment in present era. It further elaborates on matters of how historically, the moral stigmas regarding abortion continues to prevail in a developing society and how the laws governing abortion need an active feminist vocabulary. The article ends on the note of drawing analytical insights on the proposed amendment bill and how it acts as a knight in shining armour. The article draws certain loopholes that continue to exist regardless of the acknowledged and proposed advancements, which conclusively ends on the note of dual advancement of socio-legal aspect in regards to abortion by actually professing to achieve the intended objective.