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Quality Abortion Care Is Right Of Every Women; Check Out Story

Pooja YadavOctober 20, 20220

When it comes to defining health, it can be defined as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not just the absence of disease or infirmity. Making health for all a reality, and moving towards the progressive realization of human rights, requires that every individual have access to quality health care, including comprehensive abortion care services – which incorporate the information, management of abortion, and post-abortion care. Lack of access to safe, timely, affordable, and respectful abortion care poses a risk to not only the physical but also the mental and social, well-being of ladies and girls. Induced abortion could be a simple and customary healthcare procedure. Each year, almost half of all pregnancies – 121 million – are unintended; 6 out of ...

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Why Supreme Court’s Decision On Abortion Is A Monumental Victory?

Sayani ChakrabortyOctober 17, 20220

The Supreme Court's ruling that unmarried women have the same right to abortion access as married women in the event of a medical emergency. This action is required to rectify a discrepancy between the law as written and as it is actually being applied. This ruling, which has been praised by feminists and medical professionals all over the world, marks a turning point in India's progress toward gender equality and the advancement of women's health. The Supreme Court held that there is no basis to exclude single or unmarried women from the categories of women who can seek abortion treatment after 20 weeks, but before 24 weeks, based on the equality provision of the Constitution and women's rights to dignity, privacy, and bodily autonomy. This Supreme Court ruling will go a long...

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Forced Impregnation Of A Married Woman Can Be Considered Marital Rape: SC

Arpita SarkarSeptember 29, 20220

Forced impregnation of a married woman for the purpose of abortion can be considered "marital rape", the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, as it delivered a landmark ruling on women's reproductive rights and bodily autonomy. A bench headed by Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud held that the term "rape" under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act would include pregnancy due to coercive sex by husbands. The bench said, "Married women may also form part of the class of rape survivors. Rape means sexual intercourse without consent, and intimate partner violence is a reality. In this case, also woman may get forcefully pregnant. Any pregnancy alleged to be caused by force by a pregnant woman is rape." The existing provisions of the law do not allow a single woman to have an a...

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Supreme Court Opposes Different Abortion Limits For Unmarried Women; Read Here!

Arpita SarkarAugust 24, 20220

A woman whose live-in relationship has ended should be given the same right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy as a widow or divorced woman, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, indicating that it would interpret the law to include "unmarried women" or "single women" under provisions that allow abortions up to 24 weeks. The court made the observations while hearing a plea by a 25-year-old woman who challenged the 20-week minimum limit under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, which applies to unmarried women seeking termination of pregnancy. The woman said she was abandoned by her partner. A bench observed, "Going by the legislative intent, a widow has lost the support of her life partner and in divorce too, there is loss of support from a life partner. This logic wil

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“You Give Birth To Child, There Is No Shortage Of Adopters”, Know What Delhi High Court Says On Abortion!!

Gunjan ChaudharyJuly 16, 20220

Delhi High Court refused to allow unmarried women to have an abortion in the 23rd week. The court said, "Permission to do so is tantamount to killing a fetus." A bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma said that the petitioner should be kept in a safe place till the child is given birth, after which the newborn child can be adopted. There is no dearth of child adopters today, the bench said. Many people are in the queue. The counsel for the petitioner said that the petitioner is under extreme mental stress at this stage of conceiving while unmarried and becoming a mother. And she will not be able to give birth to a child and then her upbringing will also be very difficult. The lawyer also said that the Bar's law regarding medical termination of pregnancy in respect of unmarried ...