Pregnancies up to 24 weeks of unmarried women arising out of consensual relationships not covered under MTP Act: Delhi HC
Turning down the plea of medical termination of pregnancy for a 25-year-old pregnant woman, the Delhi High Court bench recently held that pregnancies up to 24 weeks of unmarried women, arising out of consensual relationships are not covered by any of the clauses under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003.However, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and...
Turning down the plea of medical termination of pregnancy for a 25-year-old pregnant woman, the Delhi High Court bench recently held that pregnancies up to 24 weeks of unmarried women, arising out of consensual relationships are not covered by any of the clauses under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003.
However, the bench comprising of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad has agreed to consider the plea urging to include unmarried women within the ambit of the Rule 3B of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules 2002 for termination of pregnancy under clause (b) of sub-section (2) Section 3 of the MTP Act, for a period of up to twenty-four weeks.
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