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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>According to the petition, the foetus was suffering not only from Edward Syndrome (Trisomy 18) but also from non-ossified nasal bone and bilateral pyelectasis.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>According to the petition, the foetus was suffering not only from Edward Syndrome (Trisomy 18) but also from non-ossified nasal bone and bilateral pyelectasis.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">New Delhi : Taking exception to AIIMS Delhi repeatedly seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court’s order for termination of a 15-yearold girl’s 30-week pregnancy, citing health hazards for her and the foetus, a two-judge bench said govt must respect a citizen’s autonomy of choice as a minor can’t be burdened with motherhood and life-long stigma.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi told AIIMS to explain the pros and cons of medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) to the parents of the girl, who became pregnant in a relationship with a 17-year-old boy.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> Additional solicitor general Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for AIIMS, made an impassioned and emotional plea, saying termination is impossible at this stage and it would have to be a premature delivery, which would create future reproductive complications for the girl, while the baby would be born with several deformities, requiring prolonged neonatal intensive care. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">If it can be deferred by four weeks, it would be a normal delivery, and the child would be healthy, coupled with little risk to the girl, explained AIIMS professors Aparna Sharma (gynaecology) and Ramesh Agarwal (paediatrics). They said the state would take care of the baby and chances of adoption would be higher. </ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Jyotihttp://103.153.58.85/ind/index.php?title=Abortions:_India&diff=139065&oldid=prevJyoti: /* Husband’s approval not needed For abortion: HC */2026-03-12T17:56:00Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Husband’s approval not needed For abortion: HC</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=01_01_2026_001_015_cap_TOI  Dhananjay.Mahapatra, January 1, 2026: ''The Times of India'']</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>[https://epaper.indiatimes.com/article-share?article=01_01_2026_001_015_cap_TOI  Dhananjay.Mahapatra, January 1, 2026: ''The Times of India'']</div></td></tr>
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</table>Jyotihttp://103.153.58.85/ind/index.php?title=Abortions:_India&diff=139063&oldid=prevJyoti: /* It is a right */2026-03-12T17:53:57Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">It is a right</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The judges said if it is not a case where the baby is born alive, then there is no problem in allowing MTP. “We understand the trauma that the petitioner, an unwed mother, would undergo. At the same time, it cannot be lost sight of an alive baby being born and the consequences it would have on the baby if it is prematurely terminated,” they concluded, and passed the order.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>The judges said if it is not a case where the baby is born alive, then there is no problem in allowing MTP. “We understand the trauma that the petitioner, an unwed mother, would undergo. At the same time, it cannot be lost sight of an alive baby being born and the consequences it would have on the baby if it is prematurely terminated,” they concluded, and passed the order.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> The woman moved HC urging permission for the procedure as per the Centre’s Aug 2018 guidance note to medical boards with respect to methods of termination beyond 20 weeks of gestation.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div> The woman moved HC urging permission for the procedure as per the Centre’s Aug 2018 guidance note to medical boards with respect to methods of termination beyond 20 weeks of gestation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Delhi High Court has asked hospitals in the national capital to refrain from demanding ID proofs of rape survivors seeking termination of their pregnancy on orders of courts.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma also underlined the pressing need for "clear, practical and sensitive" medical protocols for such survivors, particularly minors.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lack of clarity on procedures, insistence on identity documents, and the delay in carrying out necessary medical examinations such as ultrasound have all contributed to the further distress of the victim in this case, the court said.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Hospitals and medical institutions must be sensitised to the fact that cases involving victims of sexual assault, especially minor girls, require a more responsive and sensitive approach," the court said on May 29.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"Where the victim of sexual assault is accompanied by the investigating officer or has been produced pursuant to direction of a court or CWC, identification proof/ identity card of the victim shall not be insisted upon by hospital and doctor concerned for the purpose of conducting ultrasound or any relevant/ necessary diagnostic procedure. The identification by the IO will suffice in such cases," the verdict said.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It should be the responsibility of the investigating officer to identify the victim and ensure that when she is produced before the doctor, hospital or medical board, necessary documents and case file pertaining to the victim are carried by the police officer, the court said.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">"The hospital administration is directed to make available the latest, updated Standard Operating Procedure and relevant legal guidelines in both emergency and gynaecology departments, and to ensure that duty doctors are briefed and sensitised regularly regarding their obligations under the MTP Act, POCSO Act, and guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court and high courts," the court said.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The minor survivor in the case was turned away by the hospital authorities on the ground that a judicial order was first required before any medical assessment could be carried out by the medical board.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The report prepared by AIIMS recorded that there was an urgency in the matter and clinical indications suggested a pregnancy of about 20 weeks.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">However, the attending medical personnel at the hospital declined to conduct an ultrasound on the ground that no identity card of the survivor was available and further insisted on conducting an ossification test on her.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">She was not examined by a medical board as it was opined by the doctor concerned that a court order was required since the pregnancy exceeded 24 weeks.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Illegal abortions are the third leading cause of maternal death in India and account for 13 per cent of maternal deaths worldwide, the petition had said.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Illegal abortions are the third leading cause of maternal death in India and account for 13 per cent of maternal deaths worldwide, the petition had said.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Senior advocate Colin Gon salves, appearing for the woman, contended that she should have the full right to terminate her pregnancy and the present law not permitting abortion above 20 weeks was not in line with norms followed across the world. He said the petitioner should be allowed to challenge the provision as a similar case was pending before the apex court. The bench thereafter tagged her case with the matter which was being examined by the court.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background: #eee; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div>Senior advocate Colin Gon salves, appearing for the woman, contended that she should have the full right to terminate her pregnancy and the present law not permitting abortion above 20 weeks was not in line with norms followed across the world. He said the petitioner should be allowed to challenge the provision as a similar case was pending before the apex court. The bench thereafter tagged her case with the matter which was being examined by the court.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">It said the court had earlier allowed abortion in cases of rape as the pregnancy was unwanted but such order cannot be passed in cases of voluntary conception in married life."We are talking about life. It was a voluntary conception and suddenly you are thinking that you don't want the child," the bench observed, adding that the couple should not have waited for six months.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/hc-allows-woman-to-terminate-30-week-foetus-with-rare-chromosomal-disorder/articleshow/88782856.cms  January 9, 2022: ''The Times of India'']</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court has permitted a woman to terminate her over 30-week pregnancy as the foetus had a rare chromosomal disorder. Had she given birth, the child would have such substantial abnormalities, it said. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">“If the woman is forced to continue with the pregnancy, she will be in constant fear about the high odds of a stillbirth. Even if the infant is born alive, the mother would be bearing the heavy pain of knowing the child can die within a few months,” the high court said. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Justice Rekha Palli said there were certain risks to the petitioner in undergoing termination of her pregnancy at this stage, but when considered in light of the medical opinion, which clearly suggests that the foetus is suffering from a rare chromosomal disorder, the compelling reason for her to seek permission to end the pregnancy was not difficult to understand. </ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Supreme Court permitted termination of a 32-week-old pregnancy of a 13-year-old rape survivor from Mumbai making it the oldest fetus to be terminated on judicial orders while the law permits abortion of up to 20-week old fetus.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The FIR lodged at Charkop police station on August 9 by her parents, on finding out that their daughter was 28-week pregnant, mentioned about sexual assault leading to pregnancy but did not indicate who the culprit was. The bench decided to go by the report of the panel of doctors from J J Hospital, Mumbai, which stated that the pregnancy could be terminated though there was inherent dangers to the life of the mother.The SC asked the girl to be admitted to the hospital on Thursday for doctors to examine her and carry out the termination procedure “preferably“ on Friday and directed Maharashtra additional advocate general Nishant Katneswarkar to inform authorities to make necessary arrangements.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="background: #ffa; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The FIR lodged at Charkop police station on August 9 by her parents</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">on finding out that their daughter was 28-week pregnant</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mentioned about sexual assault leading to pregnancy but did not indicate who the culprit was. The bench decided to go by the report of the panel of doctors from J J Hospital, Mumbai, which stated that the pregnancy could be terminated though there was inherent dangers to the life of the mother.The SC asked the girl to be admitted to the hospital on Thursday for doctors to examine her and carry out the termination procedure “preferably“ on Friday and directed Maharashtra additional advocate general Nishant Katneswarkar to inform authorities to make necessary arrangements.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; color:black; font-size: smaller;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Category:India|SABORTIONS: INDIAABORTIONS: INDIAABORTIONS: INDIAABORTIONS: INDIAABORTIONS: INDIA</ins></div></td></tr>
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