Court Affirms Reproductive Autonomy: Minor's Choice Upheld in 30-Week Pregnancy Termination
Supreme Court rules that courts cannot force a minor to continue an unwanted 30-week pregnancy, upholding reproductive autonomy.
#ReproductiveRights, #SupremeCourtIndia, #MinorRights, #PregnancyTermination, #MedicalLaw
https://newsletter.tf/supreme-court-minor-30-week-pregnancy-termination/
The Supreme Court has allowed a minor to terminate a 30-week pregnancy, a decision that goes against previous court suggestions for adoption.
#ReproductiveRights, #SupremeCourtIndia, #MinorRights, #PregnancyTermination, #MedicalLaw
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On abortion, Supreme Court and government have failed women
Coerced pregnancies and forceful state oversight of termination benefit neither the pregnant person nor the child, writes Rohin Bhatt.
#abortion #WomensRights #SupremeCourt #PregnancyTermination #india
Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Widowed Woman to Terminate 32-Week Pregnancy
The Delhi high court had previously permitted the abortion but reversed its decision after medical opinions suggested that the foetus was healthy.
#SupremeCourt #PregnancyTermination #abortion #WomensRights #DelhiHC #healthcare #india
https://thewire.in/law/supreme-court-refuses-to-allow-widowed-woman-to-terminate-32-week-pregnancy
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita: Decolonising or Reinforcing Colonial Ideas?
This piece focuses on the BNS, meant to replace the IPC. It analyses how the bill falls short of its stated goal of decolonisation. Anushka Pandey, Preeti Pratishruti Dash, and Mrinal Satish argue that the BNS expands powers of the state and the police, retains offences grounded in archaic morality, and widens the punitive network through broad and vaguely defined offences.
#BNS #IPC #NewCriminalBills #colonialism #PregnancyTermination #law #india
https://www.nls.ac.in/blog/bharatiya-nyaya-sanhita-decolonising-or-reinforcing-colonial-ideas/
In December 2023, the Indian Parliament enacted three new criminal codes—the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (‘BNS’), the Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (‘BNSS’) and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (‘BSA’)—to replace the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’), the...
Rajasthan High Court turns down minor rape survivor's plea to terminate pregnancy
The Rajasthan HC has declined a plea of a 11-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 31-week pregnancy, saying a fully developed foetus also has the right to life and live a healthy life without any abnormalities.
#rajasthan #RajasthanHC #PregnancyTermination #rape #ChildRights #ViolenceAgainstChildren #IndianJudiciary #india
'Foetus Fully Developed': Kerala HC Declines Plea To Terminate 34 Weeks Pregnancy Of 12-Yr-Old In Incestual Relationship With Minor Brother
#kerala #KeralaHC #PregnancyTermination #IndianJudiciary #india
The Kerala High Court has refused permission to medically terminate the pregnancy of a 12-year-old minor girl who was allegedly in an incestual relationship with her minor brother. It held that...
The woman who refused to be a mother
A mentally ill woman’s petition asking for permission to abort her 26-week pregnancy was heard by the Supreme Court. The outcome was deeply disappointing.
#SupremeCourt #WomensRights #pregnancy #PregnancyTermination #abortion #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #health #healthcare #rights #india
https://scroll.in/article/1057953/the-woman-who-refused-to-be-a-mother
Foetus Has No Separate Identity From Mother; Woman Can't Be Forced To Undergo Pregnancy At Risk Of Physical & Mental Trauma: Justice Nagarathna
Justice Hima Kohli and Justice BV Nagarathna of the Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a split verdict on a 27-year-old married woman’s petition seeking termination of her 26-week pregnancy after the Centre sought recall of their unanimous verdict allowing the woman to get her foetus aborted.
#SupremeCourt #PregnancyTermination #BVNagarathna #HimaKohli #WomensRights #healthcare #india
The split order passed by a two-judge bench of the Supreme Court on October 11 on the plea of a married woman seeking termination of her unplanned pregnancy at 26 weeks has been uploaded.In view
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