The court dismissed the petition, citing the medical board's report and the legal provisions governing pregnancy termination. However, acknowledging the trauma faced by the minor, the court ...

Medication abortion is also referred to as "medical abortion ... tube into your uterus to remove the pregnancy. You may be awake or asleep during the procedure. If you are awake, you will ...

While allowing a minor girl's mother's application to permit termination of a 28-week pregnancy, the Madras High Court ...

Mumbai: Bombay High Court allows a 19-year-old to terminate her 23-week pregnancy due to mental distress and severe foetal anomalies, emphasizing mental health in reproductive rights.

However, she wanted Dr Nikhil Datar, an obstetrician and gynaecologist at private hospital Cloudnine, to do the procedure. That’s when she learnt that the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP ...

Chennai: Madras high court has observed that even a minor girl has primacy over her body and has the right to make a decision ...

Thirty years ago, on May 4, 1995, the National Assembly passed the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Bill (MTOP). Five weeks later, on June 14, President Cheddi Jagan assented to it. Then on ...

“This law (Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971) is mainly meant to take care of victims of sexual offences. And we permit that routinely in case of (rape) victims. The woman has disclosed ...

The verdict extensively discussed Section 3 of the MTP Act, which permits termination ... pregnancy resulting from sexual assault. The court authorised the procedure at a registered medical ...