Abortion beyond 24 weeks was refused to a woman who says her husband hid an earlier marriage; the Bombay High Court held that “relief cannot exceed the four corners of statute”. Mumbai: Turning down a 33-year-old married woman’s plea to have her pregnancy medically terminated under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971, because […]
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to constitute an independent multidisciplinary Medical Board to decide, within four weeks, on parents’ request for a hysterectomy for their adult daughter with cerebral palsy, holding that disability alone can never be the only ground to deny reproductive autonomy and that its order is not an approval of the surgery.
The Supreme Court today has sought the Central Government’s response on a PIL challenging the exclusion of single unmarried women and transgender persons from the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021. Justice Nagarathna emphasized the need to handle this case separately, as it addresses specific issues for transgender and single women. Dr. Aqsa Shaikh argues that the exclusion violates constitutional rights.
NEW DELHI: Last week , The Supreme Court noted that pregnancy is not exclusive to cisgender women but can also be experienced by individuals identifying as non-binary, transgender men, and various other gender identities. The clarification came during the adjudication of a case involving the termination of pregnancy for a 14-year-old girl who had been sexually assaulted.