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Contraceptive Cruelty: How patriarchy Determines Birth Control Use In India

by The Daily Eye Team January 19 2017, 2:44 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 28 secs

A month or so before her wedding, 23-year-old Rituparna’s mother suggested that they go to a gynaecologist for a ‘normal check-up’. Once there however, her mother told the gynaecologist about Rituparna’s last menstruation cycle and the date of the wedding, then asked for an appropriate birth control pill. A slightly surprised Rituparna went back home with the prescription. A few hours later, her aunt and mother took her into a separate room when she asked them why she needed to use the pills.

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