If an unmarried girl becomes pregnant because of failure of a protective device, why should she be deprived of the benefits already given to certain categories of women: Supreme Court of India.
“Continuation of the pregnancy in the minor may lead to pregnancy-related complications including impacting the mental health of the pregnant minor mother,” the order stated.
This change in the new MTP Bill will allow the parents to terminate the pregnancy at any age once the abnormality is detected if they want to rather forcing the couple to give birth and seeing the child die at full term with pain.
Advocate and Activist Amit Sahni moved to Delhi High Court on Monday to put forth his plea that the way State forces women to bear children (through its laws), needs to be checked.
In our country, children are considered God’s gift. Whether or not our burgeoning population can bear the load of so many new lives being added to it year on year, is immaterial. A woman who dares say, ‘My body, my rights,’ is accused of being self-centred and stone-hearted. It is considered blasphemy to terminate a […]
The Health Ministry has recommended recognising ‘Failure of contraceptive and unplanned pregnancy as lawful reasons for abortion for all women, married or not’. The Times of India reported that the Cabinet may take up the Health Ministry’s proposal shortly after the current Parliament session ends.
