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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020

March 19, 2020

The lower house of the Parliament passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020 (hereafter Bill) in the current budget session on March 17, 2020. This bill amends the earlier Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971. Some key features of the new Bill include: Extension of the gestation period for termination of pregnancy from 20 weeks to 24 weeks, directions to constitute a Medical Board in every State and protecting the privacy of women whose pregnancy has been terminated.

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Dialogues on the Right to Life and Personal Liberty at Ananya Trust

September 27, 2019

On 25th September 2019, Kruthika R from the Centre for Law and Policy Research along with Gunjan Rathore and Zoaib from NCS Bangalore Chapter put together a session on the right to life for the children – aged 10-16 –  at Ananya Trust. The sessions focused on the death penalty and right to housing – two concepts inextricably linked to the right to life.