India’s Aadhaar identity system is eroding the rights of pregnant women
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From the denial of maternity benefits to a lack of access to reproductive health services, the negative effects of this sweeping program are being felt across the country Pooja Devi Kol lives in Dabhaura, a small village in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and is expecting her first child in four months. Lately, she has been forced to divide her time between managing her pregnancy and filing multiple applications for state maternity benefits. Courtesy of a 2017 scheme, (...)