Deliberate termination of pregnancy is called induced abortion. It may be legal or illegal (if it violates any provision of “termination law”). Illegal and unsafe abortion is a hazard for women's reproductive health. In India, a tenth of maternal deaths are due to septic abortions. We do have termination law, which only barks but does not bite. There is a need to support the campaign for legal and safe abortion to protect the hundreds of thousands of women who are silenced by their early deaths due to unsafe illegal abortions.
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