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Volume 22, 2014 - Issue sup44: Expanding access to medical abortion
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Original Research Articles

Safe, accessible medical abortion in a rural Tamil Nadu clinic, India, but what about sexual and reproductive rights?

Subha Sri BRural Women’s Social Education Centre (RUWSEC), Thirukkazhukundram, District KancheepuramTamil [email protected]
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T.K. Sundari RavindranProfessor, Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Medical CollegeKeralaIndia
Pages 134-143 | Published online: 18 Feb 2015

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