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.
The issue of inequality has assumed the blazing limelight at a time when inequality in India is said to be higher than it was in the British Raj. It's a ripe situation for half-truths and incendiary statements.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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.