While the MTP Act says that the consent of two registered medical practitioners is needed for termination of pregnancies between 20-24 weeks, these terms could only be availed of by the special categories of women as listed in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003: rape survivors, minors, women with physical disabilities or mental retardation, women who became widows or divorcees during pregnancy, and women in disasters or emergencies. The language of the law did not conform to ‘every pregnant person has the right to abortion’ but rather to the idea that the State and the medical practitioner can decide which pregnant person is eligible to get an abortion, and under what conditions.