ABORTION RIGHTS OF SINGLE WOMEN

Sept. 30, 2022

In a historic judgment, the Supreme Court declared that single women with pregnancies between 20 and 24 weeks are entitled to access the same safe and legal abortion care as married women.

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The judgment came in an appeal by a person who wanted to terminate her pregnancy before her term completed 24 weeks.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 prohibits unmarried women who are between 20 and 24 weeks’ pregnant to abort with the help of registered doctors.
The Supreme Court held that the rights of reproductive autonomy, dignity and privacy give an unmarried woman the right of choice as to whether or not to bear a child on a similar footing as that of a married woman.

Source : The Hindu

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