Gujarat Rape Survivor Abortion

The Gujarat High Court wasted 12 crucial days in allowing a rape survivor to have an abortion in the 26th week of her pregnancy, while the Supreme Court allowed the victim to have an abortion within 12 hours.

The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the Gujarat High Court adjourning a rape survivor's petition for medical termination of her 26-week pregnancy, and said "valuable time" has been lost during the pendency of the matter.

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.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed medical termination of a 26-week pregnancy of a 23-year-old woman, a rape survivor with "sub-normal intelligence" and 70 per cent permanent physical disability.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday ordered termination of pregnancy of a 15-year-old rape survivor.

Gujarat High Court today directed the medical officer of the civil hospital in Ahmedabad to examine a rape survivor, who has sought its permission for termination of her 22-week pregnancy.

The Gujarat High Court has allowed termination of 22-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor, holding abortion was in the "best interest" of the teenager.

Doctors on Friday started the medical procedure to abort a 25-week pregnancy of a minor rape victim after Supreme Court intervened in the girl's favour, in what might be a first of its kind case in the Indian medico-legal history.

The team of doctors that has examined the 14-year-old girl from Gujarat, who became pregnant after being raped, has decided that only a medical termination of pregnancy can save her life.

A 14-year-old girl from Gujarat who became pregnant after being raped, can have her pregnancy terminated if it is necessary to save her life, the Supreme Court has ruled, overruling the decision of two courts in Gujarat.

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the father of a 14-year-old rape survivor seeking permission for termination of her pregnancy.

A woman who wanted to terminate her 28-week pregnancy after being allegedly gang-raped, has been told by a Gujarat court to "bravely go ahead and deliver the child." The woman had told the court that she feared her husband and his family would never accept the child.

The Gujarat High Court wasted 12 crucial days in allowing a rape survivor to have an abortion in the 26th week of her pregnancy, while the Supreme Court allowed the victim to have an abortion within 12 hours.

The Supreme Court today expressed displeasure over the Gujarat High Court adjourning a rape survivor's petition for medical termination of her 26-week pregnancy, and said "valuable time" has been lost during the pendency of the matter.

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.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed medical termination of a 26-week pregnancy of a 23-year-old woman, a rape survivor with "sub-normal intelligence" and 70 per cent permanent physical disability.

The Gujarat High Court on Monday ordered termination of pregnancy of a 15-year-old rape survivor.

Gujarat High Court today directed the medical officer of the civil hospital in Ahmedabad to examine a rape survivor, who has sought its permission for termination of her 22-week pregnancy.

The Gujarat High Court has allowed termination of 22-week pregnancy of a 14-year-old rape survivor, holding abortion was in the "best interest" of the teenager.

Doctors on Friday started the medical procedure to abort a 25-week pregnancy of a minor rape victim after Supreme Court intervened in the girl's favour, in what might be a first of its kind case in the Indian medico-legal history.

The team of doctors that has examined the 14-year-old girl from Gujarat, who became pregnant after being raped, has decided that only a medical termination of pregnancy can save her life.

A 14-year-old girl from Gujarat who became pregnant after being raped, can have her pregnancy terminated if it is necessary to save her life, the Supreme Court has ruled, overruling the decision of two courts in Gujarat.

The Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by the father of a 14-year-old rape survivor seeking permission for termination of her pregnancy.

A woman who wanted to terminate her 28-week pregnancy after being allegedly gang-raped, has been told by a Gujarat court to "bravely go ahead and deliver the child." The woman had told the court that she feared her husband and his family would never accept the child.