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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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"Violates Right To Life": Supreme Court Clears Pregnant Minor's 31-Week Abortion
"Reproductive choice is a fundamental right," the court reiterated, adding that denying relief would subject the minor to "irreversible consequences".
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Bombay High Court Slams Police For Forcing Doctors To Identify Minors Seeking Abortion
The Bombay High Court has rebuked the police for compelling doctors to disclose the identity of minor girls seeking to terminate a pregnancy despite a Supreme Court directive that it should not be insisted on.
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Fire, Smoke On Runway Before Takeoff, Dramatic Footage Shows Evacuation
An American Airlines flight was forced to abort take-off at Denver airport on Saturday after a landing gear malfunction that led to fire and smoke.
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Pregnant Minor's Views "Important Factor" In Abortion Cases: Supreme Court
In a significant order, the Supreme Court highlighting "fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution" said that the opinion of a pregnant minor is an "important factor" while deciding on abortion.
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"Threat To Life Not Higher Than...": Minor Rape Survivor Allowed To Abort
The Supreme Court has allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor, who is 30-week pregnant, to undergo abortion on the advice of medical experts.
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Not Tenable At This Stage: Kerala High Court Rejects 12-Year-old's Abortion Petition
The Kerala High Court has declined a plea requesting the termination of the pregnancy of a 12-year-old girl, allegedly in an incestual relationship with her minor brother. The court noted that the foetus, now at 34 weeks, is fully developed.
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Court Order For Doctors On Minors Aborting Pregnancy From Consensual Sex
The Madras High Court has said it is not necessary for a doctor to disclose the name of a minor approaching them for termination of pregnancy arising out of consensual sexual activity.
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Court Rejects Abortion For Minor At 28 Weeks As "Baby Will Be Born Alive"
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to permit a 15-year-old rape victim to abort her 28-week pregnancy as doctors have opined that the baby would be born alive even if forcible delivery is performed at this stage.
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On Rape Survivor's Abortion Request, Gujarat High Court's "Read Manusmriti" Remark
It was once normal for girls to marry at a young age and deliver a child before they turned 17, a judge of the Gujarat High Court has remarked while hearing a minor rape survivor's plea for permission to terminate her pregnancy.
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"Change Your Law": Supreme Court To Centre Over Teen Pregnancy Termination
"We respect individual choices, so should you" Justice Joymalya Bagchi said, reprimanding the government for pressing a curative petition challenging the court's decision to allow a 15-year-old rape surivovr to terminate her pregnancy.
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"Violates Right To Life": Supreme Court Clears Pregnant Minor's 31-Week Abortion
"Reproductive choice is a fundamental right," the court reiterated, adding that denying relief would subject the minor to "irreversible consequences".
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Bombay High Court Slams Police For Forcing Doctors To Identify Minors Seeking Abortion
The Bombay High Court has rebuked the police for compelling doctors to disclose the identity of minor girls seeking to terminate a pregnancy despite a Supreme Court directive that it should not be insisted on.
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Fire, Smoke On Runway Before Takeoff, Dramatic Footage Shows Evacuation
An American Airlines flight was forced to abort take-off at Denver airport on Saturday after a landing gear malfunction that led to fire and smoke.
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Pregnant Minor's Views "Important Factor" In Abortion Cases: Supreme Court
In a significant order, the Supreme Court highlighting "fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution" said that the opinion of a pregnant minor is an "important factor" while deciding on abortion.
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"Threat To Life Not Higher Than...": Minor Rape Survivor Allowed To Abort
The Supreme Court has allowed a 14-year-old rape survivor, who is 30-week pregnant, to undergo abortion on the advice of medical experts.
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Not Tenable At This Stage: Kerala High Court Rejects 12-Year-old's Abortion Petition
The Kerala High Court has declined a plea requesting the termination of the pregnancy of a 12-year-old girl, allegedly in an incestual relationship with her minor brother. The court noted that the foetus, now at 34 weeks, is fully developed.
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Court Order For Doctors On Minors Aborting Pregnancy From Consensual Sex
The Madras High Court has said it is not necessary for a doctor to disclose the name of a minor approaching them for termination of pregnancy arising out of consensual sexual activity.
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Court Rejects Abortion For Minor At 28 Weeks As "Baby Will Be Born Alive"
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to permit a 15-year-old rape victim to abort her 28-week pregnancy as doctors have opined that the baby would be born alive even if forcible delivery is performed at this stage.
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On Rape Survivor's Abortion Request, Gujarat High Court's "Read Manusmriti" Remark
It was once normal for girls to marry at a young age and deliver a child before they turned 17, a judge of the Gujarat High Court has remarked while hearing a minor rape survivor's plea for permission to terminate her pregnancy.
