Two states banned them outright. Those laws were rendered invalid for married women by a 1965 Supreme Court decision and the ruling was expanded in 1972 to cover all women.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

"This is one of the clearest calls repeatedly rendered to the government of Sri Lanka - that the U.N.be allowed to access the area so we can assess independently the situation of civilians,"

VOA: standard.2009.05.11