India's Abortion Experience

by Chandrasekhar, S.

• ISBN13: 9780929398808
• ISBN10: 0929398807
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-09-01
• Publisher: Univ of North Texas Pr
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Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition	p. ix
Preface to the Second Edition	p. x
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Foreword to the First Edition	p. xiii
Foreword to the Second Edition	p. xiv
The Indian and the World View of Abortion	p. 1
India's Population: Fact, Problem, and Policy	p. 55
India Liberalizes Her Abortion Law	p. 88
India's Abortion Experience, 1972-1992	p. 118
The Legal Status of Abortion in Selected Countries, 1991	p. 143
Questionnaire of the Committee to Study the Question of the Legalization of Abortion	p. 145
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act	p. 151
Regulations Made under the Medicaltermination of Pregnancy Act, 1971	p. 152
List of Diseases Which Are Medical Indications for Artificial Interruption of Pregnancy	p. 166
An Anonymous Report of Illegal Abortions Done in an Indian Clinic before the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act Was Passed in 1971	p. 174
The Population of India According to 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, and 1991 Censuses	p. 185
The Religious Composition of India's Population According to the 1951-1991 Censuses	p. 187
Select Editorial Comment on Abortion from the Indian Press When the Parliament Was Debating the Subject	p. 188
United States Supreme Court Decisions in Texas and Georgia Abortion Cases, Including the Roe V. Wade Decision	p. 206
India May Revise Law on Abortion	p. 213
Pope Reiterates Birth Curb Stand	p. 215
Glossary	p. 216
Bibliography	p. 222
Index	p. 243
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