Publications - Released in 2018
Male involvement in relation to abortion services remains a largely understudied area, more so in instances of unintended premarital abortions. Abortion care is an important area for involvement of men. In addition to the potential benefit for individual women, male involvement may at a broader level improve women’s access to safe abortion and quality care since men are partners, brothers, fathers and friends, their experiences with abortion services affect how women are treated and how abortion is perceived in society. In case of an unintended pregnancy before marriage the role played by men becomes more crucial because social stigma associated with premarital sex, particularly in a context like India, heightens a woman’s vulnerability, isolation and alienation.