India’s Supreme Court gives all women the right to abortion
India’s Supreme Court has said that all women, including those not married, could get an abortion up to 24 weeks.
The court ruling came on a plea seeking clarity on the amended 2021 abortion law which listed several groups that did not include single women.
The court said all women, regardless of their marital status, were entitled to safe and legal abortion.
It said that excluding single women in consensual relationships would be “unconstitutional”.
Abortion rights have been a contentious issue across the world, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court in June overturned the Roe v. Wade judgment which had established a constitutional right to abortion in the country.
