SC rejects plea for termination of over 27-week pregnancy, says foetus has fundamental right to liveThe Supreme Court rejected a 20-year-old woman's plea to terminate her 27-week pregnancy, emphasizing the foetus's fundamental right to liv...
15 May, 2024, 03.18 PM IST
SC allows medical termination of minor's 30-week pregnancyThe Indian Supreme Court has allowed medical termination of a 14-year-old girl allegedly raped, following a medical report from Mumbai's Si...
22 Apr, 2024, 11.31 AM IST
SC to hear on Monday minor's plea seeking termination of 28-week pregnancyThe Supreme Court is set to hear the plea of a 14-year-old alleged rape victim seeking permission to terminate her 28-week pregnancy. The c...
21 Apr, 2024, 04.43 PM IST
Her body politic is totally her choiceThe Delhi High Court reversed a January 4 order allowing a 29-week pregnant woman to terminate her pregnancy, citing an Aiims panel's opini...
28 Jan, 2024, 11.21 PM IST
Delhi HC allows widow to terminate 29-week pregnancy amid mental health concernsThe Delhi High Court has allowed a widow with depression to terminate her 29-week pregnancy, citing mental stability issues. The Supreme Co...
05 Jan, 2024, 06.04 PM IST
Supreme Court upholds rights of unborn childThe Supreme Court of India has rejected a woman's plea to terminate her 27-week-old pregnancy, citing that it violates the Medical Terminat...
16 Oct, 2023, 11.57 PM IST
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...
16 Oct, 2023, 04.27 PM IST
Do most Indian women have access to safe abortion?The Supreme Court is set to hear a case concerning the abortion plea of a 27-year-old mother. The case raises questions about a woman's dec...
16 Oct, 2023, 12.31 AM IST
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...
13 Oct, 2023, 11.48 PM IST
SC allows rape survivor to terminate pregnancy, says conception outside marriage is injuriousThe Supreme Court of India has allowed a rape survivor to terminate her over 27-week pregnancy, stating that pregnancy outside marriage is ...
21 Aug, 2023, 12.12 PM IST
Supreme Court protects minors seeking abortion, says doctors need not disclose their identities to copsA bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud, A S Bopanna and J B Pardiwala said to ensure that the benefit of Rule 3B(b) is extended to all women a...
30 Sep, 2022, 02.49 PM IST
Supreme Court rules all women entitled to safe, legal abortionThe Supreme Court has ruled that all women, regardless of their marital status, were entitled to benefits of safe and legal abortion till 2...
29 Sep, 2022, 11.53 PM IST
All women are entitled to safe & legal abortion, says Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of India said that all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion. The apex court has also ruled that the exclusion of...
29 Sep, 2022, 04.15 PM IST
Supreme Court's abortion ruling brings focus back on proposed amendments to MTP ActExperts have raised concerns that despite the health ministry approving changes to the law, women are made to approach the court and go thr...
25 Sep, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
Supreme Court allows plea to abort foetus without skullThe doctors said in their report that there was a "complete absence of brain and skull" of the foetus and survival rate was minimal.
31 Aug, 2017, 12.58 PM IST
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...
22 Jun, 2017, 11.03 AM IST
- 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 ...
04 Aug, 2008, 06.49 PM IST