abortion law
13-yr-old rape victim, allowed abortion, delivers baby at Mumbai hospital
Doctors decided to perform caesarean because terminating 31-week-old pregnancy was risky for her life.
SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort 32-week-old pregnancy
Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
SC allows woman to abort 26-week foetus due to abnormalities
The woman and her husband had approached the SC seeking permission for abortion for abnormalities which could be fatal to her too.
Discourse: Returning women their body
India was one of the 15 countries that passed a liberal abortion law in 1971.
SC refuses urgent hearing to plea challenging validity of abortion law
A woman has challenged the validity of a provision of the MTP Act which prohibits abortion of foetus which are 20-week-old or more.
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