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Abortion has been legal in India for the past 50 years, and a recent amendment to the abortion law expanded the circumstances for legal abortion, but it remains largely stigmatized in Indian society.

The research, which examined coverage and portrayals of abortion in print, digital media, and entertainment media over the last 10 years, further found that coverage of abortion tended to be “written either by lifestyle journalists or general assignment writers rather than trained health reporters,” pointing out that “the former are less likely to reference a medical expert or to include medical research than the latter, and fail to include those directly affected by abortion; thereby, media...

Another common problem in news reports and articles is the use of inaccurate images or ill-informed imagery such as heavily pregnant bellies, fetuses detached from bodies, or scissors juxtaposed with fetuses, topped with emotionally charged phrases such as “end of life” or “killing a life,” or “shameful crime.”

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