Google said on Sunday that it was "very pleased" to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking positions.

The question of women's health seems to be cast in adjunct to reproduction, at least as far as the Indian state is concerned.

The magnitude of reproductive and sexual health problems in South Asia is daunting. However, an enabling policy environment provides an opportunity to address unmet needs. Neglected reproductive health problems can be effectively addressed through a life-cycle approach.

Complications following illegally induced abortions have been recognised as an important cause of mortality and morbidity in Myanmar.

In a vast, multi-ethnic, multi-religious country like India, it is to be expected that we have several world-views operating at the same time in people's search for health and healing.

Medical termination of pregnancy or MTP is a well-utilized procedure today especially in the urban areas of India. As such, therefore, a large number of women would be involved if post-MTP complications were to occur frequently.