In a special joint vote by both houses of parliament in Versailles, the move was backed by MPs and Senators with an overwhelming majority of 780 votes against 72.
Chikkaballapura had one of the lowest child sex ratios at birth at 868 in 2022, data shows. Steepest fall seen in Bengaluru Urban where it dropped from 1,715 in 2019 to 949 in 2022.
Bench said 'no immediate threat' to mother & pregnancy had crossed 24 weeks — upper limit for abortion in case of married women. Woman sought abortion on grounds of postpartum psychosis.
Legal abortion backed by 59% in India, 62% in US & at least 75% in most European nations. Increased support for abortion in India since previous survey, say researchers.
Doctors refused to perform an abortion on UP rape survivor since her pregnancy was too advanced. 'I want to become a police inspector when I grow up,' she says.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
This article does not provide any details about how this pregnancy will be “terminated.” At 30 weeks of pregnancy, we are not talking merely about a fetus, but likely an unborn child. Is it possible, for instance, that the child could be delivered by C-section, kept in an incubator, and then made a ward of the state? I realize that this is a bad situation with no easy solution, but to terminate a pregnancy in such an advanced stage without considering the fate of the unborn child doesn’t seem right.
This article does not provide any details about how this pregnancy will be “terminated.” At 30 weeks of pregnancy, we are not talking merely about a fetus, but likely an unborn child. Is it possible, for instance, that the child could be delivered by C-section, kept in an incubator, and then made a ward of the state? I realize that this is a bad situation with no easy solution, but to terminate a pregnancy in such an advanced stage without considering the fate of the unborn child doesn’t seem right.