Reproductive Autonomy: A Comparative Study of Jurisprudence with reference to India and the United States of America

Abstract

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the reproductive rights jurisprudence in India and the United States. While in the United States by 2022, the abortion rights are not implicit in the concept of ordered liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment and therefore States have a right to impose limitations, in India reproductive rights are acknowledged as a facet of rights guaranteed under the constitution. This Article will explore the scope of decisional autonomy of a pregnant woman underscoring the need to expand the same.