“Abortion on demand” is a concept that women should be able to access pregnancy termination without going through unnecessary obstacles. This means that when a woman comes to a doctors’ office and asks or ‘demands’ for a Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP Kit) or surgical procedure she should get it in the next available appointment.

While going through this, she won’t be subjected to unnecessary delays such as mandatory counseling session and waiting periods, given the list of medically inaccurate statements prior to procedure, having unneeded ultrasounds and to pay for them (they can be transvaginal ultrasounds which are mandatory – even for victims of incest and rape). It also includes not having to notify/ or get a written consent from parents/guardians, or having to appeal in court, explaining why it would it would be dangerous for them to tell a parent about pregnancy.

‘Abortion on demand’ also means that those past 24 weeks of gestation limit can also access abortive services given that their lives or health were in danger or the probability of the baby being born with a major birth defect is relatively very high or if it’s chances of surviving after birth are very low.

Another aspect of this idea is that all women – regardless of their race, income, religion, residency should equally have access to legal and safe abortion pills and abortive services.

Overall, ‘abortion on demand’, means that any woman or transgender man wants to terminate pregnancy; they should be able to access it like any other medical/healthcare procedure.

To understand everything about this concept, however specific question need to be asked.

Why do people think ‘Abortion on demand’ is a bad thing?

This can be classified into two parts.

In general people have a negative reaction when they hear the term ‘abortion on demand’ because what they most likely think is that this idea is that it’s against safe pregnancy terminations. Therefore, they speak in tone that heavily implies that women demanding a safe access to abortive service are being ‘forceful’ of something that is misunderstood as a negative thing.

Therefore, if pregnancy termination is something you haven’t thought about, the majority of things you hear about aborting makes it sound like a bad thing, especially is people are using words such as ‘demanding’, then the concept is viewed in a negative light.

However more importantly, what about those who oppose pregnancy cancellations on demand, i.e. the ability of all women to access legal and safe abortive services.

The unnecessary hurdles placed on women and abortive providers by anti-choice supporters, impose legislations on other that they feel justified. But is there anyone benefiting from implementing such obstacles on this time-sensitive, specific medical procedure?

Such obstacles force women to make appointments again and again, go through unnecessary ultrasound procedures, be lectured on misleading data largely promoted based on specific conservative and religious ideologies.

It assumes that women seeking abortive procedures are getting it for convenience and without much moral thought. Further it hypotheses that women who seek abortive services do not have any sense of understanding about pregnancy, accurate knowledge or individual understanding of their religious belief.

All these are condescending and take away the woman’s right to access abortive services freely. Due to such social perceptions’ many women buy Mifepristone and Misoprostol online for keeping the procedure private.