A bench led by Justice D Y Chandrachud said the whole tenor of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 is to recognise the reproductive autonomy of every woman to choose medical intervention to terminate her pregnancy. If women with unwanted pregnancies are forced to carry their pregnancies to term, the state would be stripping them of the right to determine the immediate and long-term path their lives would take, it said.
The court observed that the artificial distinction between married and single women was not constitutionally sustainable. The benefits in law extend equally to both.
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