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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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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 Gets Delhi High Court Nod To Medically Terminate 30-Week Pregnancy
A 31-year-old woman has been permitted by the Delhi High Court to medically terminate her pregnancy of around 30 weeks after the fetus was found to have a neuro-developmental disorder.
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Supreme Court Rejects Woman's Request To Terminate Over 25-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court has rejected a plea filed by a woman seeking permission to terminate her over 25-week pregnancy, but refrained from making public the reasons for its decision to protect her privacy.
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Can't End 27-Week Pregnancy, Foetus Has Fundamental Right To Live: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking termination of her over 27-week pregnancy, saying the foetus in the womb also has a fundamental right to live.
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High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy In Private Hospital
The Bombay High Court today permitted a woman to terminate her 27-week pregnancy with severe congenital abnormalities at a private hospital as the government-run hospital did not have the facility of selected foetal reduction.
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Supreme Court Orders Medical Exam Of Teen Rape Survivor To Abort 28-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a medical examination of a 14-year-old alleged rape victim who has sought termination of her 28-week pregnancy.
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Child Marriage Victim Allowed By Court To Get Pregnancy Terminated Over Foetal Abnormalities
The Bombay High Court has permitted a teenager, a victim of child marriage, to undergo medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy on the grounds of foetal abnormalities.
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"No Abnormalities": Supreme Court Rejects Termination Of 32-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow a 26-year-old woman, who had lost her husband in October last year, to terminate her over 32-week pregnancy, saying the medical board has held that there were no abnormalities in the foetus.
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Centre Goes To Court To Recall Its Order Allowing Termination Of Pregnancy
The Centre has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a recall of its order allowing a widow to terminate her 29-week pregnancy, saying the child has a fair chance of survival and the court should consider protecting the right to life of the unborn
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Kerala High Court Refuses To Allow 14-Year-Old To End 30-Week Pregnancy
The Kerala High Court has refused to allow the medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl, saying it was in an advanced stage.
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Opinion: Right To Life Of Unborn Vs Woman's Autonomy - No Easy Answers
The Supreme Court has rejected a woman's request to terminate her 26-week pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,1971 (MTP Act), noting that there was neither any danger to her life nor any foetal abnormality.
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Termination Of Pregnancy Case: Supreme Court Seeks Report From AIIMS Board
The Supreme Court today sought a report from the medical board of the AIIMS on whether the 26-week foetus of a married woman, who is seeking permission to undergo termination of pregnancy, is suffering from any abnormality.
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Unborn Child's Rights vs Mother's Choice: Chief Justice's Key Question
A woman's petition to abort her 26-week pregnancy has brought before the Supreme Court the tough task to balance the rights of an unborn child against a mother's bodily autonomy.
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Chief Justice Concerned As Supreme Court Allows Aborting 26-Week Pregnancy
Just 24 hours after the Supreme Court ordered a medical termination of pregnancy of a 26-week-old pregnant mother, the Centre cited a serious dilemma that the unborn child can be alive if aborted.
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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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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.
-
Woman Gets Delhi High Court Nod To Medically Terminate 30-Week Pregnancy
A 31-year-old woman has been permitted by the Delhi High Court to medically terminate her pregnancy of around 30 weeks after the fetus was found to have a neuro-developmental disorder.
-
Supreme Court Rejects Woman's Request To Terminate Over 25-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court has rejected a plea filed by a woman seeking permission to terminate her over 25-week pregnancy, but refrained from making public the reasons for its decision to protect her privacy.
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Can't End 27-Week Pregnancy, Foetus Has Fundamental Right To Live: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today refused to entertain a plea of a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking termination of her over 27-week pregnancy, saying the foetus in the womb also has a fundamental right to live.
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High Court Allows Woman To Terminate 27-Week Pregnancy In Private Hospital
The Bombay High Court today permitted a woman to terminate her 27-week pregnancy with severe congenital abnormalities at a private hospital as the government-run hospital did not have the facility of selected foetal reduction.
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Supreme Court Orders Medical Exam Of Teen Rape Survivor To Abort 28-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered a medical examination of a 14-year-old alleged rape victim who has sought termination of her 28-week pregnancy.
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Child Marriage Victim Allowed By Court To Get Pregnancy Terminated Over Foetal Abnormalities
The Bombay High Court has permitted a teenager, a victim of child marriage, to undergo medical termination of her 28-week pregnancy on the grounds of foetal abnormalities.
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"No Abnormalities": Supreme Court Rejects Termination Of 32-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to allow a 26-year-old woman, who had lost her husband in October last year, to terminate her over 32-week pregnancy, saying the medical board has held that there were no abnormalities in the foetus.
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Centre Goes To Court To Recall Its Order Allowing Termination Of Pregnancy
The Centre has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a recall of its order allowing a widow to terminate her 29-week pregnancy, saying the child has a fair chance of survival and the court should consider protecting the right to life of the unborn
-
Kerala High Court Refuses To Allow 14-Year-Old To End 30-Week Pregnancy
The Kerala High Court has refused to allow the medical termination of a 30-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old girl, saying it was in an advanced stage.
-
Opinion: Right To Life Of Unborn Vs Woman's Autonomy - No Easy Answers
The Supreme Court has rejected a woman's request to terminate her 26-week pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,1971 (MTP Act), noting that there was neither any danger to her life nor any foetal abnormality.
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Termination Of Pregnancy Case: Supreme Court Seeks Report From AIIMS Board
The Supreme Court today sought a report from the medical board of the AIIMS on whether the 26-week foetus of a married woman, who is seeking permission to undergo termination of pregnancy, is suffering from any abnormality.
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Unborn Child's Rights vs Mother's Choice: Chief Justice's Key Question
A woman's petition to abort her 26-week pregnancy has brought before the Supreme Court the tough task to balance the rights of an unborn child against a mother's bodily autonomy.
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Chief Justice Concerned As Supreme Court Allows Aborting 26-Week Pregnancy
Just 24 hours after the Supreme Court ordered a medical termination of pregnancy of a 26-week-old pregnant mother, the Centre cited a serious dilemma that the unborn child can be alive if aborted.
