The New Indian Express ·
Compelling rape survivor to continue pregnancy impairs right to dignity: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court has held that compelling a rape survivor to continue with a pregnancy resulting from sexual assault and forcing motherhood upon her against her will would seriously impair her right to live with dignity.
The court made the observation while allowing the plea of a 15-year-old rape survivor seeking termination of her pregnancy, which had crossed 30 weeks of gestation.
Justice Madhu Jain, in an order passed September 8, said the advanced stage of pregnancy could not be considered in isolation from the minor’s rights to bodily autonomy, dignity and reproductive choice.
