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Abortion-pill network busted
The Free Press Journal - Mumbai
|September 28, 2025
State drug control officials in Tamil Nadu have intercepted a widespread illegal trade in medical termination of pregnancy kits following a distress case at a Primary Health Centre in Karur district.
A woman whose abortion remained incomplete after using unsupervised pills triggered the investigation, which led to the seizure of 6,720 kits and arrests of multiple suspects.
This story is from the September 28, 2025 edition of The Free Press Journal - Mumbai.
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