SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

Prabhati Nayak Mishra

2 March 2017 3:24 PM IST

  • SC Refuses Urgent Hearing Of Plea Against Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act

    The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to hear on an urgent basis a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibiting abortion of foetus above 20 weeks.The Centre told the court that the government is considering permitting medical termination of foetus up to 24 weeks, which at present is 20 weeks.The court was hearing a writ...

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