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Dear Editor,I would like to express my views on“Amendments to the Abortion Law in India:Is it Progressive Enough?[1]”Dr.Rani stated that“The law also permits abortions on the ground of contraceptive failure even among unmarried women,which were earlier restricted to the married couple…Reproductive freedom of women continues to remain submissive to medical and legal rules.[1]”In India,it is agreed that abortion laws are progressive and women’s reproductive rights are subject to medical and legal procedures.[2]However,Section 3(2)(a)read with Explanation I of Section 3(2)of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,1971(MTP Act,1971)(as amended in 2021),allowed all women(including unmarried women)to have abortion rights up to 20 weeks of pregnancy due to contraceptive failure used by her or her partner based on doctor’s opinion that such pregnancy poses a risk to the mother’s life;or grave injury to physical or mental health.
