Legal Rights of Women in Health and Safety – Conceptual

The social and human rights of women is the legal rights of women. During the 17th and 18th century had more negative than positive affects on women’s rights in the Indian subcontinent. These problem includes female infanticide, and improve age of consent, scholars agree that overall women’s legal rights and freedoms were restricted during this period. The use of Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques such as ultrasound for the purpose of Detecting genetic abnormalities, and to prevent misuse of such techniques for sex determination, which leads to the elimination of the female fetus. Certain traditional practices, such as female genital mutilation, also affect women’s health. Worldwide, young women and adolescent girls are the populations most affected by HIV/AIDS. Reproductive rights are understood as the rights of both men and women but are most frequently advanced by women’s rights. Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) act 1971, lays down the conditions under which a pregnancy can be terminate the person or persons who can perform and the place where can be pregnancy can be terminated by MTP act 1971