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HC allows woman to end pregnancy beyond 22 weeks
Hindustan Times Delhi
|September 19, 2025
The Delhi High Court has allowed a 30-year-old unmarried woman to terminate her pregnancy beyond 22 weeks, holding that forcing her to continue with it would only compound her trauma and subject her to lifelong stigma.
‘A bench of justice Ravinder Dudeja, in his verdict delivered on Wednesday, said the continuation of pregnancy, which resulted from a relationship entered into under the false pretext of marriage, would prevent her from healing from the scars of violation. “The court is of the considered opinion that suffering of the victim cannot be compounded if she is forced to continue the pregnancy. Apart from above, the victim is bound to face social stigma which may not permit the scars left by the defilement of her body to heal,” the court sai
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Delhi.
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