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Abortions may be legal in India, but 60% are unsafe

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Lucknow : Despite abortions being legal for the last 46 years, almost 60% of procedures in India are unsafe – a ratio much closer to that in countries where abortion is illegal.

This discrepancy is primarily because of lack of access to hospital facilities, awareness and stigma around abortion, shows a latest study published in the international medical journal ‘Lancet’.

However, in India, the number of unsafe abortions continues to be drastically high, reflecting a huge disparity when compared with other countries where abortion is legal.

 
To reverse this, India must take major policy and programmatic action. The government needs to urgently take forward the proposed amendments to the MTP Act. Without the expansion of provider base proposed in the amendments, safe abortion will never be a reality for women in rural remote areas of the country, Ipas Development Foundation executive director Vinoj Manning said.
 
Findings of the study show a total of 55.7 million abortions occurred worldwide each year between 2010 and 2014. Of this, 30.6 million were estimated safe whereas 17.1 million were less safe and eight million were least safe.Thus, 25.1 million abortions each year between 2010 and 2014 were unsafe, with 24.3 million (97%) of these in developing countries.

 
 

According to Susheela Singh of Guttmacher Institute, who was also one of the researchers of the study, the average unsafe abortions in the south central Asia region, which includes countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and India, was as high as 58%

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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