Supreme Court tells AIIMS you can’t force 15-year-old to become mother

Supreme Court tells AIIMS you can't force 15-year-old to become mother

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court on Thursday said the government must respect citizens’ autonomy of choice as a minor cannot bear the burden of motherhood and lifelong shame, rejecting repeated requests to reconsider its order to terminate a 15-year-old girl’s 30-week pregnancy citing health hazards to the girl and the fetus.A bench of Justices CJI … Read more