: India has listed abortion as an essential service, but problems of access persist under lockdown #IndiaNEWS India says it has protected abortion as an essential service in the coronavirus lockdown

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India has listed abortion as an essential service, but problems of access persist under lockdown #IndiaNEWS
India says it has protected abortion as an essential service in the coronavirus lockdown but experts say women are struggling to get medical help and may resort to risky alternatives or end up with babies they do not want.With no transport services, limited healthcare and movement restricted, campaigners predict the Covid-19 crisis could push women to take abortion drugs without supervision or seek help from people who lack training.“There is always a stigma and silence around abortions...and women are more vulnerable now,� gynaecologist and women’s rights advocate Suchitra Dalvie said by phone. “Therefore, it is important to reiterate that even during this time – your life, your choice and your decision matters.�Take the 19-year-old who survived rape only to find the ordeal had left her pregnant – a discovery made just as Mumbai began shutting down ahead of a three-week, pan-India lockdown.“On regular days, we would have used a hospital ambulance. But how could we seek one now? Was abortion an essential service?,� said Sangeeta Rege of the Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes, whose counselling services are enlisted by government as essential in the lockdown.Worldwide, authorities from the United States to Poland have been urged by rights groups to recognise access to abortion...Read more

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