By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Sikkim Breaking News | News From SikkimSikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
  • Home
  • Trending
    • Latest News
    • Global News
    • Week in Review
  • Politics
    • Sikkim
    • North-East
    • Darjeeling & North Bengal
    • National
  • SC Investigatives
  • SC Stories
    • Education
    • Social Issues
    • Geo-Politics
  • Opinions
  • एस सी नेपाली
  • Sports
  • Health
  • Society
Notification Show More
Aa
Sikkim Breaking News | News From SikkimSikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
Aa
  • Trending
  • World
  • Travel
  • Opinion
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Fashion
  • Home
    • Home 1
    • Home 2
    • Home 3
    • Home 4
    • Home 5
  • Categories
    • Technology
    • Opinion
    • Travel
    • Trending
    • Fashion
    • World
    • Science
    • Health
  • Bookmarks
  • More Foxiz
    • Sitemap
Follow US
Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim > Blog > SC Stories > LAW > SC amends 51 year abortion law; grants abortion rights irrespective of Marital Status
LAWSocial IssuesSociety

SC amends 51 year abortion law; grants abortion rights irrespective of Marital Status

SC Desk
Last updated: 2022/10/01 at 5:34 AM
By SC Desk
Share
4 Min Read
Supreme Court of India 01 Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
SHARE

On Thursday, September 29, the Supreme Court of India delivered a historic judgement on women’s right to abortion.

The Apex court said on Thursday that “Irrespective of Marital Status of women, women are entitled to safe and legal abortion till 24 weeks of pregnancy.”

A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, JB Pardiwala, and AS Bopanna delivered a historic verdict which allowed both single and married pregnant women access to abortion.

The ‘Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971’ and its Rules of 2003 only allowed married women access to abortions, while single pregnant women with the same term of pregnancy were prohibited.

After 51 years, the old abortion law, which restricted single women from terminating pregnancies, was amended after a petition by a 25-year-old woman who said her pregnancy resulted from a “consensual relationship,” but she had sought abortion when the relationship failed.

The top court declared that restricting the law only to married women is a violation of the right to equality. The court further stated that the distinction between married and unmarried women under the old abortion law is constitutionally unsustainable.

As per the national media, The Hindu, “the court said that the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act of 2021 has addressed the “continuing crisis” of unsafe abortions. In India, close to eight women die every day due to unsafe abortions. Sixty-seven per cent of the abortions carried out in the country between 2007 and 2011 were classified as unsafe by studies. One of the reasons, as Parliament was aware, was that women who were not married and came from poor families were forced to abort unwanted pregnancies in unsafe or illegal ways.

Justice Chandrachud, who led the bench of justices who delivered a historic verdict, said that “the law should not decide the beneficiaries of a statute based on narrow patriarchal principles about what constitutes permissible sex. This would create invidious classifications. “

He further stated during the verdict that, “The benefits of the law extend equally to single and married women. If women with unwanted pregnancies were forced to carry them out to term, the state would be stripping them of their right to determine the immediate and long-term paths their lives would take and would deprive women of autonomy not only over their bodies but also over their lives. This will be an affront to their dignity. The decision to carry a pregnancy to its full term or terminate it is firmly rooted in the right to bodily autonomy. “

Justice Chandrachud further underscores the line “Reproductive rights include the right to access education and information about contraception and sexual health; the right to decide whether or what type of contraceptive to use; the right to choose whether or when to have children; the right to choose the number of children; the right to choose a safe and legal abortion; the right to reproductive health care includes. Women must also have the autonomy to make decisions on these rights, free from coercion or violence. “

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Subscribe to our newsletter to get our newest articles instantly!

[mc4wp_form]
Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Copy Link Print
By SC Desk
Sikkim Chronicle is a unit of Yonika Infotainment Pvt. Limited. Sikkim’s first registered digital news platform which believes to provide right, reliable and credible news and information to the people of Sikkim and around. We have endeavored to appropriately credit the source of all intellectual property we share through this community.
Leave a comment Leave a comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Fast Four Quiz: Precision Medicine in Cancer

How much do you know about precision medicine in cancer? Test your knowledge with this quick quiz.
Get Started
SC remands back Multilevel Car Parking cum Shopping Hub case to NGT for fresh hearing 

The Supreme Court of India disposing  off a Civil appeal filed by…

The irritating habits of some Babus and Babunis of stuck-up paper-pushers

You have been extraordinarily lucky if you have never fallen victim to…

Statewide checking of motor vehicles sets off; 66,703 plusunder the checklist

Gangtok, January 06 66,703 plus motor vehicles will be checked and their documents and other such necessities will be…

Your one-stop resource for medical news and education.

Your one-stop resource for medical news and education.
Sign Up for Free

You Might Also Like

InShot 20230927 202320133 Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
SC StoriesEnvironmentINFRASTRUCTURELAW

SC remands back Multilevel Car Parking cum Shopping Hub case to NGT for fresh hearing 

By Sherab Palden Bhutia
IMG 20230925 WA0020 Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
Society

Workshop on enhancing workplace safety for women organized for Local Compliant Committees at Gangtok

By Paul Rai
Passang bill Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
SC StoriesSocial IssuesSociety

Sikkim: Opposition political parties and organizations denounce the Registration of Birth and Death (Amendment)Act 2023

By Sherab Palden Bhutia
sdf pk Sikkim Breaking News | News From Sikkim
SC StoriesPOLITYSociety

Sikkim’s spirit of Article 371f under threat with ‘The Registration of Births and Deaths (Amendment) Act, 2023’: Pawan Chamling

By Sherab Palden Bhutia
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Youtube Instagram
Company
  • About us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and conditions
  • Disclaimer
  • ADVERTISE WITH US
  • Disclosure of Grievances
  • Support our Journalism
  • WORK WITH US
  • Contact
More Info
  • Innovate
  • Gadget
  • PC hardware
  • Review
  • Software

Sign Up For Free

Subscribe to our newsletter and don't miss out on our programs, webinars and trainings.

[mc4wp_form]

Join Community
© Copyright 2023, All Rights Reserved | The Sikkim Chronicle | Designed by Nanda Lall Sharma
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Lost your password?