Abortion is legal, per India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971, but that doesn’t mean it’s accessible. But the public health care facility’s limited resources and old equipment led to yet another brush with death. “The trauma was just unbearable.”Accessiblity of CareTo make abortion accessible, health care workers like Patil spend countless hours working well beyond their duties. “While abortion is legal in India, there’s still a long way to make it accessible,” says Netradipa Patil, who has been fighting the system to bring change. She has written letters to the health ministry and meets with senior health care authorities to raise the issue of access to legal abortion.