MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday issued a realize to the Maharashtra government on a PIL seeking amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act to permit rape sufferers to go through an abortion even after the currently-permitted restrict of 20 weeks.
The plea filed by a local NGO has cited earlier incidents, where the apex court docket and several other top courts had been forced to deny the sort of permission to rape sufferers, owing to the restrictions of the act.
Under the MTP Act, a woman can legally go through an abortion underneath the supervision of a registered medical practitioner inside of 12 weeks of her pregnancy.
In case the lady has been pregnant for over 12 weeks but less than 20 weeks, the opinion of 2 medical practitioners is needed for an abortion. However, in such circumstances, there is a substantial chance to the lady's existence or to her unborn kid if she opts for an abortion.
According to the petition, in case of a pregnancy led to by rape, the danger to the lady's mental well being too will have to be thought to be an admissible floor for abortion.
A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni directed the state to document its answer at the plea inside of three weeks.
The plea filed by a local NGO has cited earlier incidents, where the apex court docket and several other top courts had been forced to deny the sort of permission to rape sufferers, owing to the restrictions of the act.
Under the MTP Act, a woman can legally go through an abortion underneath the supervision of a registered medical practitioner inside of 12 weeks of her pregnancy.
In case the lady has been pregnant for over 12 weeks but less than 20 weeks, the opinion of 2 medical practitioners is needed for an abortion. However, in such circumstances, there is a substantial chance to the lady's existence or to her unborn kid if she opts for an abortion.
According to the petition, in case of a pregnancy led to by rape, the danger to the lady's mental well being too will have to be thought to be an admissible floor for abortion.
A bench of justices Naresh Patil and G S Kulkarni directed the state to document its answer at the plea inside of three weeks.
HC seeks Maharashtra's reply on plea seeking amendments to MTP Act
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