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One-third of total maternal deaths in 2015 happened in India: Report
September 20, 2016
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In a significant order that endorses a woman’s “sole right over her own body” and her consequent right to “choose or not to choose motherhood,” ... READ MORE

​Maternal depression and mental health in early childhood: an examination of underlying mechanisms in low-income and middle-income countries

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Studies examining mechanisms underlying associations between maternal depression and adverse child outcomes (including behaviour, socioemotional adjustment, and emotion regulation) indicate that during pregnancy, maternal depression could affect child outcomes through altered placental function, epigenetic changes in the child, and stress reactivity. Infection and dietary deficiencies in the mother and the child, together with the child's genetic vulnerability...     
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​Women should be allowed to end pregnancy even when there is no risk: Bombay HC
Sep 21, 2016
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The latest Lancet series on maternal health reveals that nearly one quarter of babies worldwide are still delivered in the absence of a skilled birth attendant....         READ MORE
HC extends abortion right to live-in relationships
Sep 22, 2016

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court has extended to live-in relationships a pro-choice right which only married women have enjoyed so far
in law...                        READ MORE
Sterilisation deaths are the natural consequence of India’s obsession with population control
Sep 16, 2016 
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In November this year will be the second anniversary of the death of 18 women in a sterilisation camps in Bilaspur district, Chhattisgarh. A total of 137 women had undergone tubectomies ... READ MORE
Indian activists welcome top court ban on 'sterilization camps' after women's deaths
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Sep 16, 2016
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NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Women's health activists on Friday cheered a ruling by India's top court ordering the government to shut down "sterilization camps" within three years ...   READ MORE

​Mitu Khurana loses 11-year fight against sex determination
21 Sep 2016
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A year after a Delhi trial court struck a blow to Dr Mitu Khurana’s hopes, the Supreme Court dismissed her case. In 2008, Dr Khurana filed a case against her husband Dr Kamal Khurana, her mother-in-law and .... READ MORE
Beyond surrogacy: The stigma of infertility drives an assisted reproduction industry rife with risk
Aug 31, 2016

The death of Sushma Pandey in 2010 was a reminder of the risks faced by women in the assisted reproductive technology industry. Pandey had undergone hormone injections for the extraction of oocytes or eggs... READ MORE