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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
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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
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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/
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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
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'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
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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
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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