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Reproductive rights refer to the basic human rights and freedoms related to individuals ability to make decisions about their reproductive health and to control their own bodies and reproductive lives. The judiciary has a substantial and developing role in addressing the theoretical and actual obstacles that prevent women and girls from having access to reproductive health care. The government has been mandated to move away from population control strategies, confront discriminatory stereotypes that restrict women's authority, and instead place women's rights to dignity, autonomy, and bodily integrity at the centre of reproductive health-related law. Litigation has its challenges, however, including lengthy time frames and difficulty implementing decisions. We must incorporate "liberal" abortion policies. Under Article-21, of the Indian constitution the right to liberty women's reproductive Choice falls under the right to personal liberty. According to this article, it is solely the women's rights to get herself protected and also, she possesses the sacrosanct right to have her bodily integrity protected. It also includes access to safe abortion, and entitlement of the right of women to access technology for the safest abortion care. Every woman must have access to abortion services because making abortion illegal may have consequences for the right to life. This can be supported by the cases of suicides that young women commit as a result of not having an abortion because the state has made it illegal, which is a clear violation of their right to life. Anti-abortion laws could result in needless deaths, which would raise questions about the responsibility to guarantee that everyone has the right to life.