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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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From Early Laws To Arizona: How Abortion Laws Have Evolved In The US Over The Decades
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that foetuses can be termed "unborn human beings" in voter pamphlets regarding abortion rights.
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AIIMS To Examine Condition Of Woman Seeking Abortion Of 25-Week Foetus
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to constitute a medical board to ascertain the physical condition of a woman and her 25-week foetus she wants aborted citing financial constraints.
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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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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 Seeks Medical Report Of Foetus In Abortion Case
The Supreme Court has again failed to arrive at a decision on a woman's request to terminate a 26-week pregnancy.
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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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Two Foetuses Found Dumped In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal: Cops
Two foetuses were found dumped in two different areas of Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city, police said on Friday.
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Skulls And Bones Of Foetuses Found In Maharashtra Hospital Shocker
According to a police officer, the boy's parents had allegedly threatened the girl's family that they would defame them if she did not abort the child. It was the boy's family that paid for the procedure allegedly carried out at the Wardha hospital.
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Rape Survivor Tries To Abort Foetus Watching YouTube, Hospitalised: Cops
A 25-year-old woman had to be rushed to a hospital after she tried to abort her foetus at home watching YouTube videos and her condition deteriorated
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High Court Allows Abortion Of 23-Week Healthy Foetus Over Domestic Violence
The Bombay High Court has allowed a woman to abort her 23-week-old healthy foetus, while observing that domestic violence has an effect on a woman's mental health and the same can be a valid ground for medically terminating her pregnancy.
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High Court Allows Delhi Woman To Abort 23-Week Foetus Over "Rare Brain Abnormality"
The Delhi High Court today allowed a woman to abort her 23-week pregnancy after an AIIMS medical board said the twin foetus she was carrying did suffer from abnormalities and once born would face long term developmental issues.
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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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Ceiling Of 20 Weeks For Abortion Can't Be Extended, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the right to reproductive autonomy does not outweigh the state's interest in protecting the life of a foetus and therefore the ceiling of 20 weeks for abortion cannot be extended in a blanket manner.
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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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From Early Laws To Arizona: How Abortion Laws Have Evolved In The US Over The Decades
The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that foetuses can be termed "unborn human beings" in voter pamphlets regarding abortion rights.
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AIIMS To Examine Condition Of Woman Seeking Abortion Of 25-Week Foetus
The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to constitute a medical board to ascertain the physical condition of a woman and her 25-week foetus she wants aborted citing financial constraints.
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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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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 Seeks Medical Report Of Foetus In Abortion Case
The Supreme Court has again failed to arrive at a decision on a woman's request to terminate a 26-week pregnancy.
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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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Two Foetuses Found Dumped In Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal: Cops
Two foetuses were found dumped in two different areas of Madhya Pradesh's Bhopal city, police said on Friday.
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Skulls And Bones Of Foetuses Found In Maharashtra Hospital Shocker
According to a police officer, the boy's parents had allegedly threatened the girl's family that they would defame them if she did not abort the child. It was the boy's family that paid for the procedure allegedly carried out at the Wardha hospital.
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Rape Survivor Tries To Abort Foetus Watching YouTube, Hospitalised: Cops
A 25-year-old woman had to be rushed to a hospital after she tried to abort her foetus at home watching YouTube videos and her condition deteriorated
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High Court Allows Abortion Of 23-Week Healthy Foetus Over Domestic Violence
The Bombay High Court has allowed a woman to abort her 23-week-old healthy foetus, while observing that domestic violence has an effect on a woman's mental health and the same can be a valid ground for medically terminating her pregnancy.
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High Court Allows Delhi Woman To Abort 23-Week Foetus Over "Rare Brain Abnormality"
The Delhi High Court today allowed a woman to abort her 23-week pregnancy after an AIIMS medical board said the twin foetus she was carrying did suffer from abnormalities and once born would face long term developmental issues.
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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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Ceiling Of 20 Weeks For Abortion Can't Be Extended, Centre Tells Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that the right to reproductive autonomy does not outweigh the state's interest in protecting the life of a foetus and therefore the ceiling of 20 weeks for abortion cannot be extended in a blanket manner.
