ARE WOMEN BEING DEPRIVED OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS? AN INTERSECTION OF PRO-CHOICE AND PRO-LIFE NOTION

AUTHOR – DEVARAGASHRI RAJARAMAN*, HARITA JAYARAMAN* & VAISHALI T**,

* STUDENTS AT SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, THE TAMILNADU DR.AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY (TNDALU)

** ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF LAW DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION, SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAW, THE TAMILNADU DR.AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY (TNDALU)

BEST CITATION – DEVARAGASHRI RAJARAMAN, HARITA JAYARAMAN & VAISHALI T, ARE WOMEN BEING DEPRIVED OF THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS? AN INTERSECTION OF PRO-CHOICE AND PRO-LIFE NOTION, INDIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL REVIEW (IJLR), 5 (12) OF 2025, PG. 663-669, APIS – 3920 – 0001 & ISSN – 2583-2344

ABSTRACT

International human rights standards have matured notably to recognize that the deprival of abortion care in various circumstances contravenes women’s basic human rights. The plan of action which was taken on at the ICPD associating over 180 countries has an exclusive chapter discussing about the women’s empowerment entitled “reproductive rights and reproductive health” expressing the principle of autonomy. The question of whether women are being depressed of their human rights when access to abortion is confined is at the heart of this paper. This study looks at how bodily autonomy has influenced the acceptance of abortion as a fundamental human right claiming that the foundation of both gender equality and personal liberty is the ability to construct reproductive decisions.The pith of this paper is to emphasize that the right to abortion cannot be construed as a mere legal right but as a basic human right per se. This study aims to answer various questions on pro-choice and pro-life ideas and thereby leveraging the pro-women notion.

Key words: Abortion, human rights, pro-choice and pro-life, bodily autonomy.