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By Ritika Jain The Delhi High Court’s u-turn on an order permitting a woman abortion after All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) said foeticide was unethical in late-stage pregnancy has raised concerns. The high court on January 23 recalled its January 4 order after AIIMS expressed ethical concerns over aborting a foetus that is “grossly normal”. The Centre, too, had appealed for a recall seeking protection for the “unborn child”. In India, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act allows for women (including cis genders) to opt for abortion up to 24 weeks. Beyond that, they must...
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By Ritika Jain Delhi High Court on January 19 will likely decide on the Centre’s plea seeking a recall of its order permitting a woman to abort her pregnancy amid mental health concerns. The Centre challenged the high court’s January 4 order and sought protection for the unborn child. The Centre’s plea comes two weeks after the high court permitted a woman to abort her pregnancy after taking note of medical reports that diagnosed her as suffering from extreme trauma and depression because of her husband’s death. The woman, a 26-year-old, lost her husband in October 2023 barely seven months aft...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court today denied permission to a married woman with post-partum depression to terminate her almost 27-week foetus. “AIIMS has sought for a direction to stop the heart of the foetus and the court is averse to passing such a direction," the top court said. “The petitioner also doesn't wish to do the same,” Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud said while reading out the order. “Permitting the termination of the pregnancy at this stage would violate the rules of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act since there’s no immediate threat to the mother and this is not a case...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court allowed a married woman’s plea to terminate her pregnancy despite medical reports suggesting that the baby had a viable chance of being born. The top court noted the woman’s determination to continue with the termination of the pregnancy observing that “at the end of the day, it was the her choice” and it “would not step on her shoes”. The Centre on October 10 sought a recall of the Supreme Court’s October 9 order allowing abortion after AIIMS Delhi - which was tasked with executing the termination of the pregnancy - said there was a viable chance for the baby's su...
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By Anmol Alphonso A doctored video showing United States Vice President Kamala Harris is being shared on social media where she is heard making a faux pas and being incoherent while elaborating on "yesterday is today" during her speech at a rally for abortion rights at Howard University in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2023. BOOM found that the audio in the video has been edited and added to falsely claim Harris made a gaffe. In the video, Harris can be heard saying, "Today is today. And yesterday was today yesterday. And tomorrow will be today for us, but tomorrow..." The video was tweeted wit...
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By Ritika Jain Supreme Court in a landmark judgment today underscored women's right to bodily integrity and reproductive autonomy. In its judgment, the top court used the term "woman" to also include persons other than "cis-gender" women who may require access to safe medical termination of their pregnancies. This has far-reaching considerations because the term cis-gender is used for people whose gender and identity conform with the sex assigned at birth. With this judgment, anybody with female reproductive organs, including trans and non-binary people, will be able to have access to abortion...
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By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court (SC) observed that all women, irrespective of their marital status, are entitled to safe and legal abortion. The court said that the marital status of women cannot be grounds to deny her the right to abort an unwanted pregnancy. Excluding single women from the ambit of the 2003 Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules is unconstitutional, the top court said. More significantly, in an observation that will likely have bearing on pending pleas seeking to criminalise marital rape, the Supreme Court said the meaning of rape must include "marital rape" for the purpose...
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By BOOM Team Facebook has come under criticism after reports suggested that the social media giant complied with US police and turned over the messages in an abortion case. The case involves 41-years-old Jessica Burgess allegedly helping her 17-year-old daughter to terminate a pregnancy in state of Nebraska. The alleged messages shared with the police included those where the duo were discussing how to obtain abortion pills. Also Read: US Supreme Court Ends Abortion Rights, Strikes Down Roe Vs Wade The incident has raised concerns over data privacy on social media since the tech giants have ac...
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By Ritika Jain The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that a woman must not be denied rights just because she is unmarried while allowing a 25-year-old unwed woman to abort her foetus if there is no threat to her life. Allowing the petitioner to suffer an unwanted pregnancy goes against the intent and spirit of the legislation, the court added. The bench led by Justice DY Chandrachud held that letting an unmarried woman suffer an unwanted pregnancy went would go against the parliamentary intent behind the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. A 25-year-old unwed woman moved the Supreme C...
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By Ritika Jain The Delhi High Court ruled that an unwed woman whose pregnancy arises from a consensual relationship is not covered by the 2003 rules of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Rules while denying permission to a 25-year-old woman to abort her almost 24 weeks pregnancy. The high court's order came on a woman's plea who sought permission for abortion after her partner refused to marry her. The high court said it could not go beyond the law since the MTP Rules did not permit unmarried women to terminate their pregnancy beyond 20 weeks. According to the MTP Rules the termination...
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