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Attitudes to abortion putting women at risk of exploitation
Though abortions are legal in India, lack of transparency, social taboos and limited awareness are big hurdles for women with unwanted pregnancies

Soumya Gupta and Isha Trivedi
Nov 18, 2017

Mumbai: “Doctor? I never went to a doctor for an abortion,” says the 29-year-old, an advertising industry executive based in New Delhi, who discovered in 2009 that she was pregnant.

Her landlady had told her that pills are available in the market for inducing an abortion and she headed to Delhi’s government-run Safdarjung Hospital and asked for help at the pharmacy.

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Abortion pills went from Delhi to Sangli via Mumbai
By Lata Mishra, Pune Mirror
Mar 27, 2017

Arrest of medical representative from Mumbai reveals an inter-state abortion pills racket

The tentacles of the Sangli abortion racket have spread all the way to the national capital. Police investigating the illegal abortion racket in Mhaisal village in Sangli have discovered an inter-state abortion pills racket.

Investigations have revealed the presence of a widespread distribution of abortion pills with its roots in Delhi. From there, the drugs come to Mumbai, from where it goes to Sangli and other parts of Maharashtra.

Continued at source: Pune mirror: http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/crime/abortion-pills-went-from-delhi-to-sangli-via-mumbai/articleshow/57844373.cms

India: Attitudes to abortion putting women at risk of exploitation

India: Abortion pills went from Delhi to Sangli via Mumbai