Shivangi Sharma

Shivangi is a lawyer based out of Bhopal. She is an active voice in the field of human rights, civil liberties especially women’s and children’s rights. She has written a Guide for parents/guardians and teachers educating them about how to combat child sexual abuse and is a strong believer of the fact that a revamp of school education curriculum is the way to make a more inclusive society. When she’s not screaming at random people on streets and internet for their sexism and homophobia you can find her cycling around, socialising and making Parks n Rec references while grooving on some 2000s Bollywood.

A ‘Foetal’ Death of Abortion.

Supreme Court of United States on 24tth of June, 2022 decided Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (“Dobbs”) and ruled in favour of the state of Mississippi which was seeking invalidation of the 50-year-old precedent of Roe v. Wade (“Roe”), protecting the constitutional right of abortion. After a federal district court ruling granting permanent injunction against the ban on abortion in the state of Mississippi was upheld by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, SCOTUS turned the clock back on the right to abortion stating that the Constitution of United States does not confer the same.

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