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Areeb Uddin Ahmed

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Areeb Uddin Ahmed is an advocate practicing in Delhi. He was a former legal journalist and occasionally writes on legal issues on various reputed platforms. He tweets at @Areebuddin14.

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December 27, 2022 | Areeb Uddin Ahmed | Gender-based violence, Health, International, Violence against women
India’s Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Rights Could Go Further in Protecting Women from Marital Rape

While India is one of the few countries yet to criminalize marital rape, the high court recently ruled that victims of marital rape are entitled to a safe and legal abortion, establishing in Indian law that non-consensual sex can and does exist among married partners.

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