India’s Supreme Court made history by allowing unmarried women to have abortions within 24 weeks.
According to The Sun, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud of India’s Supreme Court said that even an unmarried woman can undergo abortion up to 24 weeks on par with married women, arguing that a woman’s right cannot be taken away because she is not married. The decision on Thursday was made because of a petition from a woman who said her pregnancy was the result of a consensual relationship, but she had tried to get an abortion when it failed.
India’s Supreme Court The court also said that sexual assault by husbands can be considered a form MTP rape. Marital rape is not a crime in Indian law, but efforts are being made to change this.
Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)
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