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Delhi HC issues guidelines to ensure prompt assistance to minor rape survivors

Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said clear protocols must be in place to provide timely legal guidance and medical care to vulnerable survivors of sexual violence (FILE PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 04:31 PM IST

Rape survivor’s mom alleges harassment by Ludhiana civil hospital

The mother of a rape survivor has alleged that she had to struggle for 24 hours to arrange a unit of B+ blood for her daughter in the civil hospital. (HT File)
Updated on Aug 09, 2024 06:06 AM IST

SC rejects plea for termination of over 27-week pregnancy

The bench said the duration of pregnancy was over seven months now. (ANI)
Updated on May 15, 2024 03:40 PM IST

Delhi high court recalls Jan 4 order allowing termination of widow’s pregnancy

The AIIMS wrote to the court about the risks involved. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Updated on Jan 23, 2024 11:40 AM IST

Kerala HC rejects plea to end 34-week pregnancy of 12-year-old

The 12-year-old girl’s minor brother is the accused of impregnating her. (PTI)
Updated on Jan 03, 2024 03:57 AM IST

Modern lifestyle is increasing infertility

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Published on May 11, 2024 01:10 PM IST

Supreme Court denies abortion plea, sticks to letter of the law

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Updated on Oct 17, 2023 03:24 AM IST

Supreme Court reserves verdict on woman's plea to terminate 26-week pregnancy

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Published on Oct 16, 2023 12:58 PM IST

Supreme Court seeks fresh medical report on woman's plea for abortion

The next hearing of the case will now be on October 16, a week after the court first permitted the abortion but then put it on hold due to divergence of opinion of a two-judge bench. (PTI)
Updated on Oct 14, 2023 01:39 AM IST

Supreme Court seeks fresh report from AIIMS ahead of decision on abortion plea

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Updated on Oct 13, 2023 05:27 PM IST

Top court asks woman to reconsider abortion

Supreme Court
Updated on Oct 13, 2023 04:27 AM IST

Explained: Abortion laws in India

The 2021 amendments reflected a progressive legislative outlook, seeking to remove a raft of anomalies of the old law. (Representative file image)
Updated on Oct 12, 2023 07:19 PM IST

Pune district medical board permits termination of 20 24-week pregnancies in a year

The Pune district medical board constituted under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act has permitted the termination of pregnancy beyond twenty-four weeks (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
Updated on Sep 04, 2023 07:10 PM IST

Must show urgency in abortion hearings: Supreme Court

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Updated on Aug 20, 2023 04:54 AM IST

Courts can’t have lackadaisical attitude in abortion cases: Supreme Court

Supreme Court of India (Representative Photo)
Updated on Aug 19, 2023 12:15 PM IST

‘Baby will be born alive’: Why Bombay HC denied abortion for minor at 28 weeks

A doctor uses a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of tThe baby would require neonatal care, as per the doctors. (Representative)
Updated on Jun 26, 2023 03:24 PM IST

The amendments in the MTP Act bill are flawed| Analysis

The Union Cabinet’s approval of the Amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act 1971, in January, sets the stage for a small though belated step forward.
Published on Feb 28, 2020 05:46 PM IST

Defend the woman’s autonomy, right to choose

The MTP Act ignores the socioeconomic implications of childbirth, placing women under intense physical, mental, and social duress
Published on Nov 19, 2019 07:43 PM IST

High court allows Mohali woman to abort 22-week foetus

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Published on Aug 24, 2019 12:14 AM IST

Cops trained to deal with POCSO cases

The investigators, during the workshop, were made aware of how to collect electronic evidence, such as a hard disk, in a way that prevents any damages to it and its contents until its production in the court.
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 05:23 AM IST

Putting women’s health first for a healthy future

Two in three (67%) abortions in nine of India’s northern and eastern states that account for half the country’s population are unsafe, with young women between the ages of 15 and 19 years most likely to die from complications.
Updated on May 07, 2019 10:43 AM IST

Bombay high court rejects teen rape survivor’s abortion plea

The state submitted that after delivery, if the mother did not want the child, it would be handed over to the child welfare committee (CWC) for giving it up for adoption.
Published on Sep 11, 2018 05:30 AM IST

Bombay HC rejects teen rape survivor’s plea to abort foetus

Section 3 of the MTP Act stipulates that the termination of pregnancy can only be allowed till 20 weeks.
Published on Sep 10, 2018 11:49 PM IST

We need a revised legislation on abortion

Given that a choice of contraceptives is not always available and many women still do not have control over their bodies, a revised Medical Terminations of Pregnancy legislation would be really empowering
Updated on Jul 19, 2018 06:57 PM IST

Rajasthan HC allows 15-year-old rape victim to terminate 22-week pregnancy

In its report, the medical board of Dr SN Medical College, Jodhpur, stated that the foetus had anencephaly or absence of a major portion of the brain, skull, and scalp. Continuing with the pregnancy may also endanger the mother’s life, it said.
Published on Jun 19, 2018 09:30 PM IST

Abortion-related deaths in India due to poor knowledge of law: Doctor, Experts

Out of 15.6 million abortions performed in India in 2015, 0.8 million women used unsafe methods, reveals a study.
Updated on Jun 08, 2018 12:40 AM IST

Madras HC allows termination of pregnancy of 14-year-old rape victim

A file photo of Madras high court.
Updated on May 05, 2018 08:23 AM IST