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‘Can’t ask child to raise another child’: Gujarat High Court allows 16-year-old rape survivor to end 22-week pregnancy

The Indian Express·Vineet Upadhyay·about 1 month ago
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The Gujarat High Court had earlier directed a government hospital in Ahmedabad to set up a medical board to examine the survivor and assess the feasibility of termination. (AI-generated image) Gujarat High Court news: Emphasising a survivor’s right to bodily integrity and mental health, the Gujarat High Court has authorised the medical termination of a 22-week pregnancy for a 16-year-old rape survivor and said that forcing the minor to continue the pregnancy would amount to asking a child to give birth and raise another child. Justice M R Mengdey was hearing a special criminal application filed by the minor through her guardian, seeking permission under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. Justice M R Mengdey underscored that compelling a minor rape survivor to carry a pregnancy to term would amount to denying her the right to live with dignity.…

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