Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India
The article presents the LGBTQIA + inclusivity analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021, which aims to provide safe abortion services across India. The analysis reports the use of cisgender-heteronormative language, instead of gender-neutral terms and pronouns in the leg...
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| author | Atul Shendge Abhishek Royal Alpana Dange Vaibhav Kumar |
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| description | The article presents the LGBTQIA + inclusivity analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021, which aims to provide safe abortion services across India. The analysis reports the use of cisgender-heteronormative language, instead of gender-neutral terms and pronouns in the legislation. Sexual assault/rape as an eligibility criterion for permitting abortion under this act does not apply to non-binary, trans- and queer individuals due to non-inclusivity in Rape Laws (Indian Penal Code 375 and 376). The analysis highlights the necessity for critical amendments to expand its scope to ensure LGBTQIA+ inclusive abortion services. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-18f6852bb28b4ab2b41d543a869081092025-01-11T09:50:31ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care2249-48632278-71352024-12-01Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in IndiaAtul ShendgeAbhishek RoyalAlpana DangeVaibhav KumarThe article presents the LGBTQIA + inclusivity analysis of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021, which aims to provide safe abortion services across India. The analysis reports the use of cisgender-heteronormative language, instead of gender-neutral terms and pronouns in the legislation. Sexual assault/rape as an eligibility criterion for permitting abortion under this act does not apply to non-binary, trans- and queer individuals due to non-inclusivity in Rape Laws (Indian Penal Code 375 and 376). The analysis highlights the necessity for critical amendments to expand its scope to ensure LGBTQIA+ inclusive abortion services.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1830_24abortionlgbtqia+medical termination of pregnancy |
| spellingShingle | Atul Shendge Abhishek Royal Alpana Dange Vaibhav Kumar Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care abortion lgbtqia+ medical termination of pregnancy |
| title | Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India |
| title_full | Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India |
| title_fullStr | Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India |
| title_short | Medical termination of pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021: From the lenses of LGBTQIA+ community in India |
| title_sort | medical termination of pregnancy amendment act 2021 from the lenses of lgbtqia community in india |
| topic | abortion lgbtqia+ medical termination of pregnancy |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1830_24 |
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