India’s Highest Court Upholds Abortion Rights for Single Women
- Right to terminate pregnancy irrespective of marital status
- Women entitled to seek abortion until 24 weeks of pregnancy
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India’s highest court has upheld the right of all women to safe and legal abortions, irrespective of their marital status.
Unmarried women cannot be denied the right to a late-term abortion between weeks 20 to 24 of their pregnancy under the South Asian nation’s medical termination of pregnancy law, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court said.