Know your rights: 10 laws that protect women and their rights
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Crimes against women occur every minute in India. Women are not safe, whether it is in their houses, public places or at the workplace. Your safety in your hands sounds like a clichéd adage to repeat. Given the number of crimes that are committed against women, it is pertinent that women are aware about the laws that are in place to protect them.
Remember knowledge is power. As a parent, wife, daughter, employee and a woman these are rights set in place to protect you and it is important that you are aware about these.
Termination of pregnancy trauma for 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault
Termination of pregnancy trauma for 16-year-old survivor of sexual assault
ByArchana MoreArchana More / Updated: Apr 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
Sassoon (above) was ordered by HC to do the needful; (R) the accused
Sassoon hospital authorities said they were not updated on amendments to key MTP Act; girl had to move the HC
A 16-year-old victim of forcible
sexual assault had to suffer mental and physical harassment as
Sassoon General Hospitals authorities were not updated with the latest amendment in the Medical Termination of
Pregnancy Act.
She then filed a criminal writ petition in
Abortion is a woman’s right to decide
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April 07, 2021 23:44 IST
The amendment to the abortion laws retains the notion that the state must intervene in what is a woman’s absolute right
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The amendment to the abortion laws retains the notion that the state must intervene in what is a woman’s absolute right
Given the phenomenal expansion in feminist jurisprudence over the last decade, particularly on the issue of a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion, it now appears quite plain that the central government’s amendment to the abortion laws not only retains the traditional notion that the state must intervene and decide for women as to when and in what circumstances abortions may be carried out, but even the pathetic measures set out in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 are too little and have come too late.
Plea had challenged certain provisions of abortion law
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed a woman to abort her more than 24 weeks pregnancy after taking note of a medical board’s report that the foetus suffers from substantial abnormalities.
Medical report
The High Court said the medical report indicated there was also a risk to the woman during the pregnancy termination procedure as she was a cardiac patient and was being administered blood thinners.
Before granting the permission, the High Court also spoke to the woman’s husband to find out whether he understood the risks associated with the procedure.
Updated Mar 17, 2021 | 18:35 IST
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said the amendments in the bill have been made after studying global practices and wide consultation within the country. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan in Rajya Sabha | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to raise the upper limit for permitting abortions from the present 20 weeks to 24 for special categories of women including rape survivors, victims of incest, minors and differently-abled.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 was passed by voice vote. The bill was passed by Lok Sabha about a year ago. A resolution moved by Congress leader Pratap Singh Bajwa to send the bill to a select committee of Rajya Sabha was defeated by voice vote, along with some other amendments proposed by members.