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"Baby Will Be Born Alive": Court Rejects Abortion For Girl, 17, At 24 Weeks
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused permission to a 17-year-old girl to abort her 24-week pregnancy, saying it was the result of a consensual relationship and the baby would be born alive at this stage.
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High Court's New Medical Guidelines For Rape Survivors Pregnant Over 24 Weeks
Imposing the responsibility of motherhood on a sexual assault survivor would amount to denying her human right to live with dignity, high court observed while setting guidelines for medical examination of such survivors for pregnancy over 24 weeks.
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Supreme Court Allows Unmarried Woman To End Pregnancy At 24 Weeks
In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to include "unmarried woman" and allowed a woman to abort her 24-weeks pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship.
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Delhi High Court Permits Teen Rape Survivor To Medically Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court has permitted a 17-year-old sex assault survivor to medically terminate her pregnancy of 24 weeks and directed to preserve DNA test samples for analysis by a forensic lab.
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Centre's New Rules For Abortion Till 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy
The government has notified new rules under which the gestational limit for termination of a pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women.
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High Court Allows Woman To Abort Over 24-Week Pregnancy Due To Abnormal Foetus
The Delhi High Court today permitted a woman to abort her more than 24 week pregnancy in view of a medical board's report that the foetus suffers from substantial abnormalities.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Raise Upper Limit For Abortions To 24 Weeks In Special Cases
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for "special categories of women" including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and the differently-abled.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Raise Legal Abortion Upper Limit To 24 Weeks
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill that provides for raising the upper limit for legal termination of pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks and expands the access of women to safe and legal abortion services on "therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian and social grounds".
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Minor Rape Survivor Moves Delhi High Court For Termination Of 24-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court asked a medical board of LNJP Hospital on Thursday to examine a 16-year-old rape victim and determine the feasibility of terminating her around 24 week old pregnancy.
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High Court Allows 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy
The Kerala High Court has given the nod to the medical termination of 24 week long pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor.
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Bill To Extend Upper Limit Of Abortion To 24 Weeks Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill that seeks to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Pune Woman Has Foetus Without Skull Or Brain, Can Abort: Top Court
A young woman in Pune, carrying a foetus, which does not have a skull or a brain can undergo abortion, the Supreme Court ruled today. The woman is 24 weeks pregnant.
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Will Rohtak's Pregnant 10-Year-Old Be Allowed Abortion? Decision Today
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...
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"Baby Will Be Born Alive": Court Rejects Abortion For Girl, 17, At 24 Weeks
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused permission to a 17-year-old girl to abort her 24-week pregnancy, saying it was the result of a consensual relationship and the baby would be born alive at this stage.
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High Court's New Medical Guidelines For Rape Survivors Pregnant Over 24 Weeks
Imposing the responsibility of motherhood on a sexual assault survivor would amount to denying her human right to live with dignity, high court observed while setting guidelines for medical examination of such survivors for pregnancy over 24 weeks.
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Supreme Court Allows Unmarried Woman To End Pregnancy At 24 Weeks
In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to include "unmarried woman" and allowed a woman to abort her 24-weeks pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship.
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Delhi High Court Permits Teen Rape Survivor To Medically Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court has permitted a 17-year-old sex assault survivor to medically terminate her pregnancy of 24 weeks and directed to preserve DNA test samples for analysis by a forensic lab.
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Centre's New Rules For Abortion Till 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy
The government has notified new rules under which the gestational limit for termination of a pregnancy has been increased from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women.
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High Court Allows Woman To Abort Over 24-Week Pregnancy Due To Abnormal Foetus
The Delhi High Court today permitted a woman to abort her more than 24 week pregnancy in view of a medical board's report that the foetus suffers from substantial abnormalities.
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Parliament Passes Bill To Raise Upper Limit For Abortions To 24 Weeks In Special Cases
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks for "special categories of women" including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and the differently-abled.
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Rajya Sabha Passes Bill To Raise Legal Abortion Upper Limit To 24 Weeks
Rajya Sabha on Tuesday passed the bill that provides for raising the upper limit for legal termination of pregnancy from 20 to 24 weeks and expands the access of women to safe and legal abortion services on "therapeutic, eugenic, humanitarian and social grounds".
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Minor Rape Survivor Moves Delhi High Court For Termination Of 24-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi High Court asked a medical board of LNJP Hospital on Thursday to examine a 16-year-old rape victim and determine the feasibility of terminating her around 24 week old pregnancy.
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High Court Allows 14-Year-Old Rape Survivor To Terminate 24-Week Pregnancy
The Kerala High Court has given the nod to the medical termination of 24 week long pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor.
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Bill To Extend Upper Limit Of Abortion To 24 Weeks Introduced In Lok Sabha
A bill that seeks to extend the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks was introduced in Lok Sabha on Monday.
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Pune Woman Has Foetus Without Skull Or Brain, Can Abort: Top Court
A young woman in Pune, carrying a foetus, which does not have a skull or a brain can undergo abortion, the Supreme Court ruled today. The woman is 24 weeks pregnant.
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Will Rohtak's Pregnant 10-Year-Old Be Allowed Abortion? Decision Today
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...
