Working to SurviveMaternal Complications, Suicide Among Top Reasons For Sex Workers’ Deaths: Study A lack of data makes identifying causes of mortality among sex workers in countries like India difficult. By Amlan Sarkar
Matter of ChoiceCan We Move On: From the Trope of the Woman Who Is Revered, Glorified for Refusing to Have an Abortion When women are put on a pedestal for choosing not to abort, and vilified for having one, the idea that they have free will is an illusion. By Devrupa Rakshit
Bias OverruledCan’t Deny Abortion to Unmarried Women, Rules Supreme Court Women -- married and unmarried -- have the right to safe abortions as part of their personal liberty, the court said while overturning a previous ruling. By Saumya Kalia
Drop Your MicObjecting to the Misogyny, Prejudice of Indian Comics’ Offensive Jokes is Not Cancel Culture Humor an an artform can be emotional and informative — a knowledge that comic Samay Raina disregards with his joke on abortion. By Saumya Kalia
The New NormalGoogle Will Delete People’s Data on Abortion Clinic Visits. Instead of Praising the Company, Should We Rethink Privacy? Google's decision served as a reminder of how oblivious many of us are to the degree of monitoring we're being subjected to at every moment. By Devrupa Rakshit
Self-Constructed PedestalsAfter Roe V. Wade Overturning, Indians Are Rushing to Prove Their Superiority. Here’s Why That’s Dangerous. The social response is a textbook case of moral licensing, showing why one progressive act in the past doesn't mean progress for everyone, everywhere. By Saumya Kalia
Last MileHow Travel Distance Decides if Women Get an Abortion A new study shows that many people "will not be able to overcome the distance barriers to reaching an abortion facility." By Saumya Kalia
Alternate RealitiesAs Met Gala Romanticizes the Past, Abortion Rights Face the Most Urgent Threat in the U.S. There is something disorienting about watching "gilded glamor" co-exist with the regressive standards for human rights that prevailed then and do so now. By Saumya Kalia
Aborting JusticeBody Matters: Navigating Abortion in India "It was quite harrowing, [the gynac] was very rude and started preaching to me... As though I’d done something morally wrong." By The Swaddle Team
Mental Health Comes FirstRape Survivor Has the Right to Terminate Pregnancy to Protect Her Mental Health: Uttarakhand HC "Right to life means something more than survival or animal existence. It would include the right to live with human dignity." By Devrupa Rakshit
Setting A Precedent‘Reproductive Choice’ Part of Woman’s ‘Personal Liberty’: Delhi HC Allows Termination of 28‑Week‑Pregnancy Recognizing the emotional ordeal, the court noted that continuing with the pregnancy “would have a deleterious impact on her mental health.” By Devrupa Rakshit
Abort ExclusionGovt Allows Abortion up to 24 Weeks in ‘Special’ Cases, But The Law Is Inadequate As per the MTP Act amendments, a state-level board will decide whether people seeking abortion after 24 weeks of pregnancy meet the criteria. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Not An Informed ChoiceHow the Morning‑After Pill Became the Most‑Used Birth Control for Young Indian Women Misleading advertising, easy over-the-counter access drive emergency contraceptive pill misuse in young heterosexual women. By Devrupa Rakshit
Wrong ReformThe MTP Bill Would Put Doctor Panels in Charge of Approving Late‑Stage Abortion; It’s Unfeasible and Unnecessary. Abortion should be available to pregnant people at will. By Dipika Jain & Kavya Kartik
Power Of ProtestUnprecedented Protests Force Poland to Pause Abortion Ban Women have been leading massive protests in response to a Polish court ruling that would outlaw most abortions. By Aditi Murti
No More Forced BirthsTrump Administration Plans to Extend Policy That Cuts Funding To Global Health Projects Providing Abortions Organizations that continue to promote or perform abortions lose all U.S. health aid under the policy -- potentially affecting more than 1,300 global health projects in Africa and South Asia. By Aditi Murti
Basic Services1.3 Million Indian Women Lost Access To Birth Control, Abortions During Pandemic: NGO According to the report, 30 percent of Indian women who sought abortions said the clinic in their area was closed. By Devrupa Rakshit
Abortion Is A RightRwanda Releases 52 Women Jailed for Seeking Abortions, But Does Not Reverse Punitive Anti‑Abortion Laws Rather than arresting women for seeking abortions and pardoning them, Rwanda could simply legalize abortion. By Aditi Murti