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.