Why abortion should be a part of Universal Health Coverage
Access to abortion is an unconditional human right and should be entitled as a basic health care service delivered as a part of Universal Health Coverage. These various components of disparities have led to the gross neglect of women’s health, and the most overlooked is the Sexual and Reproductive Health Right, which is essential to the fulfillment of universal health coverage and is included in the Sustainable Development Goals, which commit countries to providing universal access to sexual and reproductive health services by 2030. To bring it within the purview of UHC, we first need to start prioritising women’s health, and the autonomy on her body, have safe space discourse on SRHR, and make comprehensive abortion care a critical part of our general health and wellness. On the contrary, it gives reasons based on which a pregnancy can be terminated: If it involves the risk of life to the pregnant women or grave injury to mental health If pregnancy is as a result of rape or failure of contraceptive used to limit the number of children If the unborn is at a risk of serious mental or physical abnormality The law doesn’t give much scope of deviation and clearly restricts autonomy on women’s body, as the MTP Act mandates the opinion of certified medical practitioners.
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