2024 ABORTION STILL CRIMINALIZED

Indian Penal Code still criminalizes those who knowingly cause miscarriages, discouraging providers. Abortions remain unaffordable to poor and lower caste women. 67% of abortions considered unsafe, 8% maternal mortality.

2022 ABORTION ON MATERIAL GROUNDS

Supreme Court rules that change in material circumstances is a qualified reason to seek abortion

2021 ABORTION ACCESS EXPANDED

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act; Gestational Limit 20 Weeks

2021 MTP Amendment Act amended limit from 20 to 24 weeks, expanding access to unmarried women

2001 ABORTION ACCESS EXPANDED

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act integrates access in public and private sectors

1971 ABORTION DECRIMINALIZED

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act Codifies Right to a Safe Abortion, within a Indian Law Gestational Limit of 12 Weeks with 1 doctor authorization; 20 weeks with 2 doctors

1950 Women gain universal RIGHT TO VOTE, along with new Constitution

1947 Indian Independence (Partition)

1860 ABORTION LEGALLY CRIMINALIZED

Indian Penal Code – Under British Colonial Rule

PRE 1800s ABORTION IN ANCIENT TEXTS

Ayurveda and other texts mention herbal and surgical abortion methods