This dissertation is the outcome of qualitative data collected from the field study conducted on two sample groups, sample size 1: 12 upper middle women aged 21- 38 and belonging to four distinct religions and sample size 2: Men of God from the four distinct religions, namely Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity from different parts of Hyderabad through the help of surveys and focused group discussion to address the comparative analysis between ideas the women hold, and the ideas that the religious representatives hold about abortion and how do they justify their interpretations, and how are women base their decisions on it. It discerns the social practices, ideas around religion and class struggle and societal narrative that engenders the essentialist views of the society on abortion, which in turn forces women to capitulate agency of their own bodies and fight shy of abortions because of the essentialist views of the society.

Ananya Sarkar, Perceptions about abortion in the context of class and religion in Hyderabad. A dissertation submitted- Centre for Health and Mental Health School of Social Work Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, 2020.