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Delhi HC pulls up LNJP for delaying examination of woman seeking terminati
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
LNJP hospital's administration was pulled up by the Delhi High Court on Monday for delaying examination of a woman seeking permission for termination of 33-week foetus over cerebral anomaly.
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SC to examine validity of age restriction for conducting tests before abor
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Supreme Court of India has agreed to examine the validity of the age restriction necessary to consider before conducting abortion-related tests.
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SC says all women, married or unmarried, entitled to safe and legal aborti
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 29 (ANI): Supreme Court on Thursday, in a landmark judgement, held that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion.
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Mother approaches Delhi HC, seeks permission to terminate pregnancy of her
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 16 (ANI): A mother has knocked on the doors of the Delhi High Court seeking medical termination of pregnancy for her unmarried and minor daughter aged 16 years 4 months who is carrying a single ongoing live pregnancy of 17 weeks 5 days as per ultrasound scan. The
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SC favours to include unmarried women under abortion law
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 7 (ANI): Insisting on a "forward-looking" approach, the Supreme Court has opined that any discrimination between married and unmarried women in respect of medical termination of pregnancy law in India that does not allow a single woman to go for abortion after 20 we
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Delhi HC allows minor rape victim to terminate pregnancy of 25 weeks
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): The Delhi High court allowed a minor rape victim to terminate the pregnancy of around 25 weeks. The High court has directed the medical board of Safdarjung hospital to carry out the procedure in this regard.
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Delhi HC refuses permission to abort 23 week-pregnancy of unmarried woman
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Delhi High court on Friday refused to grant permission to an unmarried woman to abort the 23 weeks pregnancy out of a consensual sexual relationship.
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Pro-choice in India vs US: Bombay HC permits abortion at 16-wks in rape ca
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 1 (ANI): While the recent US Supreme Court's ruling that abortion is no longer a federal constitutional right in that country, the Bombay High Court in an order passed on June 27, 2022, granted liberty to a minor girl to undergo medical termination of her p
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Delhi HC directs Police to help in terminating rape victim's pregnancy if
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Police to provide all assistance to the petitioner/mother and her minor daughter (victim) to get medical treatment for pregnancy, if the victim so desires and to ensure that the foetus sample is preserved
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Haryana Police arrests MTP kits supplier from Delhi, 102 kits recovered
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], November 27 (ANI): Haryana Police arrested a supplier of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) kits from Delhi on Friday and recovered 102 kits from his possession.
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Delhi HC directs AIIMS to constitute medical board to examine woman seekin
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has directed the All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to constitute a Medical Board to examine the petitioner/ woman seeking termination of pregnancy as the foetus being carried by her is suffering from facial haemorrhage and hy
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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill ensures dignity, safety, and wellbei
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 17 (ANI): Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has termed as "historic" the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, recently passed by Rajya Sabha.
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