Parents in TN force daughter to undergo abortion as her husband is Dalit
The 19-year-old woman’s parents had also placed restrictions and disallowed her from meeting her husband.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2021
A 19-year-old woman from Salem of Tamil Nadu was forced to undergo an abortion by her parents, since she had married a Dalit man. Renuka Devi from Thiruvachoor village is presently lodged in a women’s rescue home, after undergoing forceful abortion at 4 months of pregnancy. Her parents had also placed restrictions and disallowed her from meeting her husband.
After they got married, the couple was living in Perumal’s house. On January 21, Renuka received a call from her mother saying that she had fallen sick. The worried daughter decided to go meet her mother, and travelled to her home.
When Renuka went to her house in Thiruvachoor, she was four months pregnant. As soon as she reached, her parents locked her in the house and stopped her from contacting Perumal. Meanwhile, a worried Perumal approached the police with a complaint.
Following this, Renuka was rescued by the police. Her father Subramani and mother Selvi were arrested by the police. Renuka has been moved to a shelter home for the time being. It is unclear if the clinic where the abortion was done was also aware that the young woman was being forced into it.
