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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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"Court Can't Compel A Woman": Top Court Allows Ending Teen's 30-Week Pregnancy
Reiterating that a woman's reproductive autonomy trumps the right of an unborn child, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the termination of a 30-week pregnancy.
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High Court Allows Termination Of 33-Week Pregnancy Of 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor
The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed the termination of 33-week pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape survivor, nearly a week after a special POCSO court rejected her plea for the same.
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Orissa High Court Allows 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy
The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her over 27-week pregnancy immediately after recognising the grave risk it posed to her life and well-being.
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Victim Of Sexual Assault Has Right To Terminate Pregnancy: Allahabad High Court
The law provides the right to a victim of sexual assault to terminate her pregnancy medically, the Allahabad High Court has observed while allowing a 17-year-old woman to choose whether she wants the child or not.
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Woman Seeks Nod To Terminate 32-Week Pregnancy, Court Seeks AIIMS Report
A married woman moved to the Delhi High Court seeking permission to medically terminate her 32-week pregnancy with an abnormal foetus.
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Bombay High Court Says No To 26-Week Pregnancy Termination Request, Cites "Judicial Conscience"
The Bombay High Court on Monday denied permission to a 28-year-old woman to terminate her 26-week pregnancy citing "judicial conscience".
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Court Rejects Unmarried Woman's Petition To End 28-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to allow a 20-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her 28-week pregnancy.
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"Can't Permit Foeticide": Court Rejects Termination Of 32-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to allow a 20-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her pregnancy of 28 weeks, holding that the foetus was "completely viable" and "foeticide cannot be permitted".
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High Court Recalls Order Allowing Widow To Terminate 29-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order allowing a woman, who lost her husband in October last year, to terminate her 29-week foetus.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Rape Survivor To End 8-Week Pregnancy
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the termination of a teenage rape survivor's pregnancy of more than eight weeks, and directed her father to submit an affidavit stating that they will not resile from their accusation during the trial.
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Court Allows Woman To End Pregnancy Over Trauma After Husband's Death
The Delhi High Court on Thursday permitted a widow to medically terminate her 27-week pregnancy after considering the change in circumstances and her mental state.
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Court Directs Psychiatric Evaluation Of Widow Seeking Termination Of Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of a 23-year-old widow who has sought permission for medical termination of her pregnancy.
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Police Should Inform Rape Survivors Of Option To Terminate Pregnancy: Court
While allowing a rape victim to terminate a pregnancy that was in the 24th week, the High Court has directed that all jurisdictional police should inform victims of the option available for termination of pregnancy so that they do not have to
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'Decided To Divorce Husband,' Woman Seeks To End 22-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to constitute a medical board to consider whether it would be safe for a 22-week pregnant woman to undergo termination of 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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"Court Can't Compel A Woman": Top Court Allows Ending Teen's 30-Week Pregnancy
Reiterating that a woman's reproductive autonomy trumps the right of an unborn child, the Supreme Court on Friday allowed the termination of a 30-week pregnancy.
-
High Court Allows Termination Of 33-Week Pregnancy Of 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor
The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed the termination of 33-week pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape survivor, nearly a week after a special POCSO court rejected her plea for the same.
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Orissa High Court Allows 13-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy
The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her over 27-week pregnancy immediately after recognising the grave risk it posed to her life and well-being.
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Victim Of Sexual Assault Has Right To Terminate Pregnancy: Allahabad High Court
The law provides the right to a victim of sexual assault to terminate her pregnancy medically, the Allahabad High Court has observed while allowing a 17-year-old woman to choose whether she wants the child or not.
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Woman Seeks Nod To Terminate 32-Week Pregnancy, Court Seeks AIIMS Report
A married woman moved to the Delhi High Court seeking permission to medically terminate her 32-week pregnancy with an abnormal foetus.
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Bombay High Court Says No To 26-Week Pregnancy Termination Request, Cites "Judicial Conscience"
The Bombay High Court on Monday denied permission to a 28-year-old woman to terminate her 26-week pregnancy citing "judicial conscience".
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Court Rejects Unmarried Woman's Petition To End 28-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to allow a 20-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her 28-week pregnancy.
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"Can't Permit Foeticide": Court Rejects Termination Of 32-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to allow a 20-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her pregnancy of 28 weeks, holding that the foetus was "completely viable" and "foeticide cannot be permitted".
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High Court Recalls Order Allowing Widow To Terminate 29-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday recalled its earlier order allowing a woman, who lost her husband in October last year, to terminate her 29-week foetus.
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Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Rape Survivor To End 8-Week Pregnancy
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the termination of a teenage rape survivor's pregnancy of more than eight weeks, and directed her father to submit an affidavit stating that they will not resile from their accusation during the trial.
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Court Allows Woman To End Pregnancy Over Trauma After Husband's Death
The Delhi High Court on Thursday permitted a widow to medically terminate her 27-week pregnancy after considering the change in circumstances and her mental state.
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Court Directs Psychiatric Evaluation Of Widow Seeking Termination Of Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of a 23-year-old widow who has sought permission for medical termination of her pregnancy.
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Police Should Inform Rape Survivors Of Option To Terminate Pregnancy: Court
While allowing a rape victim to terminate a pregnancy that was in the 24th week, the High Court has directed that all jurisdictional police should inform victims of the option available for termination of pregnancy so that they do not have to
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'Decided To Divorce Husband,' Woman Seeks To End 22-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to constitute a medical board to consider whether it would be safe for a 22-week pregnant woman to undergo termination of pregnancy.
