10-year-old Abortion

Ohio police have confirmed a 10-year-old rape survivor crossed state lines to terminate her pregnancy, local media reported Wednesday, in a case drawing broad attention after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion care.

Two brothers held guilty of raping their 10-year-old niece were sentenced to life imprisonment today by a court in Chandigarh in a case that provoked widespread outrage when the girl was denied an abortion and had to give birth earlier this year.

The Supreme Court was today told that the DNA sample of the child delivered by a 10-year-old rape victim, who was denied abortion by the top court, has not matched with the accused arrested in connection with the case.

A 10-year-old in Chandigarh who was refused permission to abort despite being raped, allegedly by an uncle, delivered a baby girl this morning.

The 10-year-old rape survivor, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, today delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals in Chandigarh, a senior doctor said. The girl's condition is stable.

A Mumbai 12-year-old whose family has discovered that she is 27 weeks pregnant is planning to ask the Supreme Court for permission to abort. Late last month, a 10-year-old rape survivor was refused an abortion by the top court because doctors said it would be a threat to her life; she is eight months pregnant.

The 10-year-old child who will soon give birth -- with the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing a plea to allow her to terminate her 32-week pregnancy - may need years of sustained counselling centred on respect, rehabilitation and resilience, experts say.

10-year-old raped by her uncle will not be allowed to have an abortion, the Supreme Court ruled today, rejecting her parents' petition. The court said it was basing its decision on the assessment of doctors who said that a medical termination was not safe for the girl. She is 32 weeks pregnant.

A Supreme Court bench said that a medical examination of the child was essential before taking a call on the matter and asked the medical board to examine if allowing the abortion would pose a possible threat on the child's life.

A 10-year-old Rohtak girl, who was found to be five months pregnant after being allegedly raped by her stepfather, underwent an abortion today, after the district court had left the decision to a panel of doctors.

Rohtak, Haryana: The 10-year-old girl from Haryana left pregnant after she was repeatedly raped by her stepfather should be allowed to have an abortion, the doctors decided after a court in Rohtak asked them to take a call. The child is 20 weeks or five months pregnant, say doctors at a hospital in Rohtak, less than 70 km away from national capita...

Rohtak, Haryana: The district court in Haryana’s Rohtak will today decide whether a 10-year-old girl in advanced stage of pregnancy, allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather, should be allowed to have an abortion. The girl’s condition came to light last week when she confided in her mother, but by that time, she had crossed the 20-week lega...

A 10-year-old has been found in an advanced condition of pregnancy after being raped repeatedly, allegedly by her stepfather, in Haryana's Rohtak. She is expected to give birth in another four months and doctors are yet to decide if she can undergo an abortion. This was the second horror that unfolded within 24 hours in Rohtak, Haryana. On Saturday...

Afghan police on Tuesday searched for a Taliban commander who allegedly forced his 10-year-old sister to wear an explosives-packed vest for an aborted suicide attack in the southern province of Helmand.

Ohio police have confirmed a 10-year-old rape survivor crossed state lines to terminate her pregnancy, local media reported Wednesday, in a case drawing broad attention after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal right to abortion care.

Two brothers held guilty of raping their 10-year-old niece were sentenced to life imprisonment today by a court in Chandigarh in a case that provoked widespread outrage when the girl was denied an abortion and had to give birth earlier this year.

The Supreme Court was today told that the DNA sample of the child delivered by a 10-year-old rape victim, who was denied abortion by the top court, has not matched with the accused arrested in connection with the case.

A 10-year-old in Chandigarh who was refused permission to abort despite being raped, allegedly by an uncle, delivered a baby girl this morning.

The 10-year-old rape survivor, whose abortion plea was turned down by the Supreme Court, today delivered a baby through C-section at one of the government hospitals in Chandigarh, a senior doctor said. The girl's condition is stable.

A Mumbai 12-year-old whose family has discovered that she is 27 weeks pregnant is planning to ask the Supreme Court for permission to abort. Late last month, a 10-year-old rape survivor was refused an abortion by the top court because doctors said it would be a threat to her life; she is eight months pregnant.

The 10-year-old child who will soon give birth -- with the Supreme Court on Friday dismissing a plea to allow her to terminate her 32-week pregnancy - may need years of sustained counselling centred on respect, rehabilitation and resilience, experts say.

10-year-old raped by her uncle will not be allowed to have an abortion, the Supreme Court ruled today, rejecting her parents' petition. The court said it was basing its decision on the assessment of doctors who said that a medical termination was not safe for the girl. She is 32 weeks pregnant.

A Supreme Court bench said that a medical examination of the child was essential before taking a call on the matter and asked the medical board to examine if allowing the abortion would pose a possible threat on the child's life.

A 10-year-old Rohtak girl, who was found to be five months pregnant after being allegedly raped by her stepfather, underwent an abortion today, after the district court had left the decision to a panel of doctors.

Rohtak, Haryana: The 10-year-old girl from Haryana left pregnant after she was repeatedly raped by her stepfather should be allowed to have an abortion, the doctors decided after a court in Rohtak asked them to take a call. The child is 20 weeks or five months pregnant, say doctors at a hospital in Rohtak, less than 70 km away from national capita...

Rohtak, Haryana: The district court in Haryana’s Rohtak will today decide whether a 10-year-old girl in advanced stage of pregnancy, allegedly raped repeatedly by her stepfather, should be allowed to have an abortion. The girl’s condition came to light last week when she confided in her mother, but by that time, she had crossed the 20-week lega...

A 10-year-old has been found in an advanced condition of pregnancy after being raped repeatedly, allegedly by her stepfather, in Haryana's Rohtak. She is expected to give birth in another four months and doctors are yet to decide if she can undergo an abortion. This was the second horror that unfolded within 24 hours in Rohtak, Haryana. On Saturday...

Afghan police on Tuesday searched for a Taliban commander who allegedly forced his 10-year-old sister to wear an explosives-packed vest for an aborted suicide attack in the southern province of Helmand.