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Women don't have absolute right to terminate pregnancy, Modi govt tells Supreme Court -Debayan Roy

-ThePrint.in

Health ministry's reply was in reference to plea that seeks to raise time period for terminating pregnancy from current cap of 20 weeks to 26 weeks

New Delhi:
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has told the Supreme Court that a pregnant woman’s right to abort is not “absolute”, while making clear the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) (Amendment) Bill, 2019 shall make legal access “easier for vulnerable women” desiring terminations.

The union health ministry’s reply, a copy of which has been accessed by ThePrint, was made in reference to a petition filed by Dr Nikhil Datar who has sought to raise the time period for terminating pregnancy from the current cap of 20 weeks to 26 weeks. Filed in 2009, it has challenged the constitutional validity of the aged and outdated MTP Act, 1971. Among other things, the plea has sought for a “liberalisation of the existing provisions” relating to abortions.

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