The Delhi High Court has urged lawmakers to frame a clear law on protecting the rights of a viable foetus while safeguarding maternal autonomy. The Court allowed a 15-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 27-week pregnancy, stressing urgent legislative clarity.
AIIMS has moved the Delhi High Court against an order permitting a 16-year-old rape survivor to terminate her 27-week pregnancy. The institute warned of risks to her future reproductive health.
Today(on 15th May),Supreme Court rejects plea from 20-year-old woman to terminate her 27-week pregnancy, citing fetus’s right to life. The decision, led by Justice B.R. Gavai, upholds Delhi High Court’s earlier ruling denying termination.
