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"Just Because Woman Below Average Intelligence...": Court Questions Abortion Request
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother.
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Kerala High Court Rejects 16-Year-Old Rape Survivor's Abortion Petition
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined a 16-year-old rape survivor's plea for abortion, saying that her medical report does not show any anomaly to the foetus or that going ahead with the pregnancy was injurious to her mental health.
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Continuing Pregnancy Or Not Is A Woman's Decision: Allahabad High Court
It is a woman's decision whether to continue the pregnancy or go ahead with medical termination, the Allahabad High Court observed while hearing a 15-year-old rape victim's plea for abortion at 32 weeks.
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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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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Of Teen Rape Survivor To Abort 28-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of a 14-year-old alleged rape survivor, seeking termination of her 28-week pregnancy.
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Rajasthan High Court Declines 11-Year-Old Rape Survivor's Request To End Pregnancy
The Rajasthan High Court has declined a plea of a 11-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy, saying a fully developed foetus also has the right to life and live a healthy life without any abnormalities.
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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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Supreme Court Divided On Plea To Recall Termination Of 26-Week Foetus
A potentially landmark ruling on abortion is expected this afternoon, when the Supreme Court hears from a woman who sought termination of a 26-week foetus on medical grounds. The government opposed it on grounds the foetus is "viable",
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"Not Just Teesta Setalvad...": Supreme Court's New SOP Helps Rape Survivor
The Supreme Court's swift response to a rape survivor's plea seeking permission for abortion was the result of new guidelines prepared by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent cases, sources said.
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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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Supreme Court To Consider Single Woman's Plea To End 23-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider listing the plea of an unmarried woman who was not allowed by the Delhi High Court to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks arising out of a consensual relationship.
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Pregnant Rape Survivor Must Be Told About Legal Rights, Says Top Court
Rape survivor, who becomes pregnant, must be told about her legal rights, the Supreme Court Friday said and issued notice to the Centre on a plea for setting up of medical boards in states and union territories to decide cases of unwanted pregnancies of over 20 weeks for termination.
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Delhi High Court Allows Termination Of 28-Week Pregnancy Based On AIIMS Board Report
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed a woman's plea to terminate her 28-week pregnancy after a medical board constituted by AIIMS said her fetus can be aborted as it suffered from anencephaly, a condition where the skull bone is not formed, and was therefore, incompatible with life.
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Delhi Court Asks AIIMS To Form Panel Over Woman's Plea Seeking Abortion
The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board of at least three doctors to examine the woman seeking termination of pregnancy, claiming her sonography revealed certain fetal abnormalities.
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Minor Rape Survivor Files Plea In Court To End 24-Week Pregnancy
A minor rape victim filed a plea in the Delhi High Court on Monday by seeking permission to terminate her 24-week pregnancy.
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"Just Because Woman Below Average Intelligence...": Court Questions Abortion Request
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday questioned whether a woman with intellectual disability has no right to become a mother.
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Kerala High Court Rejects 16-Year-Old Rape Survivor's Abortion Petition
The Kerala High Court on Wednesday declined a 16-year-old rape survivor's plea for abortion, saying that her medical report does not show any anomaly to the foetus or that going ahead with the pregnancy was injurious to her mental health.
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Continuing Pregnancy Or Not Is A Woman's Decision: Allahabad High Court
It is a woman's decision whether to continue the pregnancy or go ahead with medical termination, the Allahabad High Court observed while hearing a 15-year-old rape victim's plea for abortion at 32 weeks.
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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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Supreme Court To Hear Plea Of Teen Rape Survivor To Abort 28-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of a 14-year-old alleged rape survivor, seeking termination of her 28-week pregnancy.
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Rajasthan High Court Declines 11-Year-Old Rape Survivor's Request To End Pregnancy
The Rajasthan High Court has declined a plea of a 11-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy, saying a fully developed foetus also has the right to life and live a healthy life without any abnormalities.
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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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Supreme Court Divided On Plea To Recall Termination Of 26-Week Foetus
A potentially landmark ruling on abortion is expected this afternoon, when the Supreme Court hears from a woman who sought termination of a 26-week foetus on medical grounds. The government opposed it on grounds the foetus is "viable",
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"Not Just Teesta Setalvad...": Supreme Court's New SOP Helps Rape Survivor
The Supreme Court's swift response to a rape survivor's plea seeking permission for abortion was the result of new guidelines prepared by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud for urgent cases, sources said.
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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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Supreme Court To Consider Single Woman's Plea To End 23-Week Pregnancy
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider listing the plea of an unmarried woman who was not allowed by the Delhi High Court to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks arising out of a consensual relationship.
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Pregnant Rape Survivor Must Be Told About Legal Rights, Says Top Court
Rape survivor, who becomes pregnant, must be told about her legal rights, the Supreme Court Friday said and issued notice to the Centre on a plea for setting up of medical boards in states and union territories to decide cases of unwanted pregnancies of over 20 weeks for termination.
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Delhi High Court Allows Termination Of 28-Week Pregnancy Based On AIIMS Board Report
The Delhi High Court Monday allowed a woman's plea to terminate her 28-week pregnancy after a medical board constituted by AIIMS said her fetus can be aborted as it suffered from anencephaly, a condition where the skull bone is not formed, and was therefore, incompatible with life.
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Delhi Court Asks AIIMS To Form Panel Over Woman's Plea Seeking Abortion
The Delhi High Court has asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a board of at least three doctors to examine the woman seeking termination of pregnancy, claiming her sonography revealed certain fetal abnormalities.
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Minor Rape Survivor Files Plea In Court To End 24-Week Pregnancy
A minor rape victim filed a plea in the Delhi High Court on Monday by seeking permission to terminate her 24-week pregnancy.
