THE HEALTH RIGHTS PROJECT

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What about privacy and confidentiality if I seek or undergo an abortion?

All abortion-related records is to be kept confidential.

Revealing identity of a woman seeking an abortion is a punishable offence under the Act, unless such disclosure is demanded by law.

Registered Medical Practitioners are not required to reveal the identity of minors even while submitting mandatory POCSO reports to the police.

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