BALANCING ACTS: ABORTION LAWS IN INDIA AND THE RIGHTS OF THE FETUS VS. THE RIGHTS OF THE MOTHER
Pic Credit: cjp INTRODUCTION The debate over abortion is a complicated tapestry of ethical, legal, and medical factors, and nowhere is this clearer than in India. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, passed in 1971, establishes the legal framework for balancing the rights of the foetus with the rights of the mother. We will be exploring a legal environment impacted by the developing knowledge of reproductive rights and the underlying ethical problems surrounding the origins of life as we embark on this comparative research. In a country with various cultural, social, and religious viewpoints, India's abortion laws aim to achieve a balance between the sacredness of foetal life and a woman's sovereignty over her own body. This complicated dance between unborn and pregnant mother rights shows not only the growth o