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Is Media Channeling The Right Information On Abortion?

Feminism in India

September 2021

Headlines also play a key role in matters like these. Short catchy phrases like “bachcha girana” or “zindagi ke crossroads” fit much more easily than long explanatory formulations like “abortion-rights advocates” or “bodily autonomy for everyone” or “reproductive freedom.” And if these headlines are not written carefully, they carry the potential to oversimplify and even distort a sensitive complex issue.

This is an article written by Nayla Khwaja, a freelance journalist and one of YP’s Fellows working with the SAFE Abortion for Everyone programme.