"Our very limited interaction with NGOs active in this field in Tamil Nadu reveal that a large number of abortions take place outside the formal system since very often the state through its family planning outlets tries its own morality on women seeking abortions."
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On Tamil Nadu government's approach to women's reproduction rights, Borders of Being: Citizenship, Fertility, and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific by Margaret Jolly and Kalpana Ram, p.112
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