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Writ Petition about Abortion
July 17 , 2019
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- The Supreme Court has admitted a writ petition seeking to decriminalise abortion and allowing women the right to exercise their reproductive choice.
- According to Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act of 1971, Abortion is not permissible after 20 weeks of pregnancy in India.
- MTP Act protects married women by allowing them to terminate an “unplanned and unwanted pregnancy” but the same is not extended to single women.
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