The Contradiction in Disability Law: Selective Abortions and Rights

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Smitha Nizar (, Assistant Professor at Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)

The Contradiction in Disability Law

Selective Abortions and Rights

Smitha Nizar (, Assistant Professor at Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India)

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OUP India
30 August 2016

While the Indian legislation on prenatal tests, the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, prohibits the use of prenatal tests for sex-selection, it permits the use of these tests to pick out foetuses with disabilities. Further, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 permits the termination of such lives.

The author questions the breach of rights of persons with disabilities by studying the contradiction that exists between disability-selective abortion and disability rights.

Analysing the legitimacy of an automatic decision to abort a foetus with disability, this book questions the unproblematic perception towards disability-selective abortions, but without entering the realm of a woman's right to take decisions about her body.

While the Indian legislation on prenatal tests, the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, prohibits the use of prenatal tests for sex-selection, it permits the use of these tests to pick out foetuses with disabilities. Further, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 permits the termination of such lives.

The author questions the breach of rights of persons with disabilities by studying the contradiction that exists between disability-selective abortion and disability rights. Analysing the legitimacy of an automatic decision to abort a foetus with disability, this book questions the unproblematic perception towards disability-selective abortions, but without entering the realm of a woman's right to take decisions about her body.

While the Indian legislation on prenatal tests, the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, prohibits the use of prenatal tests for sex-selection, it permits the use of these tests to pick out foetuses with disabilities. Further, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 permits the termination of such lives.

The author questions the breach of rights of persons with disabilities by studying the contradiction that exists between disability-selective abortion and disability rights.

Analysing the legitimacy of an automatic decision to abort a foetus with disability, this book questions the unproblematic perception towards disability-selective abortions, but without entering the realm of a woman's right to take decisions about her body.

By: Smitha Nizar ( Assistant Professor at Alliance School of Law Alliance University Bengaluru Karnataka India)
Imprint: OUP India
Dimensions: Height: 225mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 478g
ISBN: 9780199466658
ISBN 10: 0199466653
Pages: 284
Publication Date: 30 August 2016
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; List of Statutes; Table of Treaties; Table of Cases; Introduction ; 1. The Interplay between Natural and Social Selection ; 2. Competing Discourses on Value and Quality of Human Life ; 3. Varied Perspectives on Sex- and Disability-selective Abortions ; 4. Perfection at the Cost of Excellence: Implications of Disability-selective Abortions ; 5. The Equality-Non-discrimination Gaze on the Right to Life ; 6. Disability-selective Abortions in National and International Law ; 7. Deliberated Decisions, Not Automated Response: The New Discourse on Disability-selective Abortions ; Bibliography; Index

Smitha Nizar teaches law at Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Prior to that, she was a practicing advocate at High Court of Kerala, India.