Unsafe abortion: why restricting abortive drugs only makes a bad situation worse
Kay, M.
BMJ 346: f3159
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0959-8138 PMID: 23729428 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.f3159Document Number: 574419
Abortion is legal in India but access to safe abortion facilities remains a distant dream for ordinary Indian women. Instead, women who seek abortion encounter stigma, discrimination, and rejection.
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