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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 Delhi High Court has permitted a 21-year-old unmarried woman to terminate an ongoing unwanted pregnancy, despite expiry of the period prescribed under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act...

High Court said that a woman has the right to say 'Yes' or 'No' to being a mother and denying MTP to a sexual assault victim amounts to denying right to live with dignity.

The Court said that the report of the medical board ought to include standard factors like condition of foetus, woman and the risks involved.

The medical board of Delhi’s LNJP Hospital informed the Court that it had rejected the request for termination, given the advanced stage of pregnancy.

The court said that with advancement in technology, a lot of things can be detected at the foetal stage and can the parents say that they will only have 'perfect children'.

The Court held that in cases where minors seek termination of their pregnancy, Registered Medical Practitioners need not disclose the identity of the minor to police, even though the same is required under the POCSO Act.

Justice Yashwant Varma said that though the MTP Act does not sanction termination of pregnancy after 24 weeks, courts can use their extraordinary powers in exceptional cases.

These rules have been enacted under Section 6 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act ('MTP'), 1971