India Supreme Court Greenlights 24-Week 'Abortion' Because Mom Is 'Unmarried'
India's Supreme Court granted a 25-year-old Delhi woman permission to terminate her pregnancy at six months.
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India's Supreme Court granted a 25-year-old Delhi woman permission to terminate her pregnancy at six months.
The Supreme Court on Thursday passed an ad-interim order stating that a woman can abort her 24-weeks pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship. A bench headed by Justices D Y Chandrachud observed that the Delhi High Court took an unduly restrictive view of the provisions of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules while declining the woman's interim relief. A
In a significant order, the Supreme Court Thursday expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act to include "unmarried woman" and allowed a woman to abort her 24-weeks pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship.
The apex court added that the Delhi high court had taken an "unduly restricted view" by not allowing the woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks citing that she was "unmarried."
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that an unmarried woman can abort a 24-week pregnancy arising out of a consensual relationship. The top court said that the Delhi High court had taken an unduly restrictive view.