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The high court noted that a husband’s consent is not necessary for termination of pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.
Kerala: The petitioner had met and married her husband, against the wishes of her family, when she was pursuing her undergraduate studies and he was a bus conductor in the area.
Bar & Bench spoke to Amit Mishra, who underlined the significance of the verdict, in the context of similarly placed unmarried women being compelled to undergo unsafe abortions.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court reserved its verdict on the issue of interpretation of the MTP Act and said it will allow 'unmarried' or 'single' woman the benefit of abortion up to 24 weeks.
Author Shashi Deshpande dissects the growing opposition to women’s selfhood.