Author: Sripati Chandrasekhar

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SRIPATI CHANDRASEKHAR, an internationally renowned demographer and family planning specialist, designed India’s population policy and was in charge of organizing the world’s largest official family planning program during the time he was Minister of Health and Family Planning for Madam Indira Gandhi’s administration. Dr. Chandrasekhar received his training from the Madras Presidency College, the University of Madras, Columbia and New York Universities, and the London School of Economics. Formerly Vice-Chancellor and President of Annamalai University in India, he recently served as Visiting Distinguished Professor of Demography.

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India's Abortion Experience, 1972-1992

Published: September, 1994 Pages: 264 Features: Tables. Index. Bib.

”[The book] gives a highly detailed account of the 1971 abortion reform… [T]here is a brilliantly lucid exposition of different religious views on abortion and their evolution through time; then the current position in other major countries is illustrated with well-chosen statistical tables. [This is] a most fascinating and useful book.” —The Times Literary Supplement, concerning the first edition, Abortion in a Crowded World more... about India's Abortion Experience, 1972-1992