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SC rejects plea of a woman seeking termination of her 26-weeks pregnancyThe Supreme Court has rejected the plea of a woman seeking to terminate her 26-week pregnancy due to her illness. The court acknowledged th...
Supreme Court reserves judgement on petition relating to over 26 week pregnancy terminationThe court said that it would try to give the judgment today itself and if the verdict is ready it may deliver the judgment post-lunch.
SC tells AIIMS to check authenticity of woman's papers in foetus caseThe Supreme Court has questioned the validity of a prescription provided by a pregnant woman seeking an abortion. The court has directed th...
Termination of 26-week pregnancy: Supreme Court speaks for rights of unborn childThe bench will take up the case again on Friday. The bench was apprised by adoctor that the foetus could be born with a heartbeat if delive...
Defer termination of 26-week pregnancy: SC direction to AIIMSThe law officer said the termination of pregnancy was recommended despite the medical board saying that the foetus had a viable chance of b...
Bombay HC refuses nod to 17-yr-old girl to abort pregnancy, says it's result of consensual relation and baby would be born aliveThe Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused permission to a 17-year-old girl to abort her 24-week pregnancy, saying it was th...
Delhi High Court recognises woman's choice to give birth; allows termination of 33-week pregnancyThe judge, while permitting the woman to immediately undergo medical termination of pregnancy, noted that the medical board unfortunately d...
Calcutta High Court refuses abortion of '32 week' foetusJustice Md Nizamuddin on Wednesday observed that the termination could not be allowed due to the advanced stage of pregnancy. A nine-member...
Remarks on rape case last week 'completely misreported', says SCThe comments -- on International Women's Day -- come in the wake of recent criticism against the Supreme Court that it had purportedly aske...
SC seeks report from medical board on feasibility of termination of 26-week pregnancySection 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 prohibits termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks.
Ceiling of 20 weeks for abortion can't be extended: Centre to SCThe government said that an unborn child cannot protect itself from the harm designed by his/her own mother.
Genetic tests gaining popularity for diagnosis & treatments in IndiaThe size of the industry, which is pegged at Rs 300-400 crore, has been growing at 30% annually.
SC notice to Centre on PIL seeking 10-yr-old rape survivor's abortionThe bench also said that the medical board will have to examine the aspect whether if they allow the girl to abort the foetus, then what co...
Supreme Court allows woman to abort 26-week foetus due to abnormalitiesA bench of Justice Dipak Misra and M Khanwilkar said the procedure of termination of pregnancy should be carried out "forthwith" at the SSK...
SC notice to govt on abortion deadlineExperts have informed the SC from time to time that many congenital illnesses and defects of a foetus could get detected as late as 18-20 w...
Is it a girl or a boy? Mother's BP may predict sex of baby!The possibility of predicting the sex of the baby in early pregnancy has long been a topic of public fascination.
- High Court refuses permission to abort 26-week foetus
The Bombay High Court on Monday refused permission to abort a 26-week foetus with a serious heart defect after rejecting the mother's plea ...