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"Reproductive rights include the right to choose whether and when to have children, the right to choose the number of children and the right to access to safe and legal abortions", the Court added.

The Supreme Court on Monday (April 22) allowed an urgent plea for terminating the pregnancy of a 14-year-old minor rape survivor. While exercising its powers to do complete justice under Article 142...

The Supreme Courts order follows the recommendation of a medical team. - Supreme Court Allows 14-year-old Rape Survivor To Terminate 29-week Pregnancy

The Court, however, also said that the exercise of such right comes along with the responsibility to “discharge duties that arise on exercise of such an option.”

The Delhi High Court yesterday dismissed a plea moved by a 20-year-old unmarried woman seeking medical termination of her pregnancy of 28 weeks.Justice Subramonium Prasad perused the medical report...

The Punjab and Haryana High Court has allowed a woman claiming to have been raped on false promise of marriage to terminate the pregnancy of over 12 weeks, observing that an unwanted pregnancy may...

The Delhi High Court reversed a January 4 order allowing a 29-week pregnant woman to terminate her pregnancy, citing an Aiims panels opinion that foeticide is neither justified nor ethical. The Indian Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which was amended in 2021, does not recognize abortion as a womans choice, as seen in 73 countries.

"Where the denial of dignity and social as well as family acceptance or approval is a writing on the wall, it compounds agony of the child and leads to greater injustice", the Punjab & Haryana High...

On obtaining such affidavit, the investigating officer was directed to produce the same before the medical board, only after which the pregnancy would be terminated, the Court ordered.

The Delhi High Court has allowed a widow with depression to terminate her 29-week pregnancy, citing mental stability issues. The Supreme Court had earlier rejected a womans plea for termination of her 26-week pregnancy stating that the pregnancy is not a foetal abnormality and the length of pregnancy exceeds 24 weeks.