India – Ensure Timely Aid To Rape Survivors For Abortion: Rajasthan High Court

Ensure Timely Aid To Rape Survivors For Abortion: Rajasthan High Court
The court said that a pregnant woman, even in a normal situation, has the right to demand termination of pregnancy as per the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

Jaipur, Press Trust of India
May 02, 2020

The Rajasthan High Court has directed the state government to frame guidelines to ensure that women who become pregnant due to rape are provided timely legal and medical assistance so they can exercise their reproductive choice in terms of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act.

A division bench of justices Sandeep Mehta and PS Bhati gave the direction while hearing a special writ petition filed by the state government challenging a decision by a single bench, which had rejected the plea of a minor rape survivor of Churu seeking termination of her pregnancy stating "the foetus in womb had a right to life as guaranteed under Article 21 of the constitution".

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