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State can't choose for citizens: SC on 15-yr-old's abortion case
short by Bhuvnesh Ojha / on Thursday, 30 April, 2026
Declining a plea filed by AIIMS against its earlier order permitting a 15-year-old, who had been raped, to terminate 31-week pregnancy, Supreme Court said state can't choose for the citizens. "Let us not choose for people who are capable of choosing," the top court stated. It added there shouldn't be any time limit in cases of pregnancy due to rape.
read more at Hindustan Times