{"id":247379,"date":"2023-06-10T20:17:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=247379"},"modified":"2023-06-10T20:17:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T14:47:45","slug":"wrong-on-rights-gujarat-hc-misses-the-point-on-abortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wrong-on-rights-gujarat-hc-misses-the-point-on-abortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrong On Rights \u2013 Gujarat HC misses the point on abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWrong On Rights \u2013 Gujarat HC misses the point on abortion<\/strong>\u201d published in The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a010th<\/sup> June 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: <\/strong>GS 2 \u2013 Issues Related with Women<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>concerns with abortion rights of women<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The parents of a 17-year-old pregnant teen sought permission from the Gujarat High Court to terminate her pregnancy. However, the pregnancy has crossed the 24-week threshold due to the delay in revealing her situation.<\/p>\n

What has been the observation of the court in the case?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Surprisingly, the judge cited Manusmriti to argue that<\/strong> it was acceptable for 17-year-olds to bear children.<\/p>\n

Instead, the focus should be on the well-being of the girl, as the existing laws criminalize consensual sexual activity among teenagers and young adults<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The law may soon also prohibit women from marrying before the age of 21, which does not align with reality.<\/p>\n

Hence, according to the current laws<\/strong>, the girl is, considered as a “statutory rape survivor,” and the 23-year-old is labeled as a “rapist.”<\/p>\n

Further, instead of acknowledging the sensitivity and complexity of the case, the judge postponed the next hearing until June 15 after a medical evaluation, causing further distress.<\/p>\n

What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The right to privacy grants women the autonomy to decide whether or not to continue a pregnancy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Supreme Court<\/strong>, last September, specified that all women, whether married or unmarried, have the right to a safe abortion.<\/p>\n

In December 2022, the Delhi High Court<\/strong> allowed the abortion of a 33-week-old fetus, saying \u201cmother\u2019s choice is ultimate\u201d<\/p>\n

Therefore, if the court believes that the girl can be a mother, it should equally recognize her right to a safe abortion.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cWrong On Rights \u2013 Gujarat HC misses the point on abortion\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a010th June 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Issues Related with Women Relevance: concerns with abortion rights of women News: The parents of a 17-year-old pregnant teen sought permission from the Gujarat… Continue reading Wrong On Rights \u2013 Gujarat HC misses the point on abortion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10496],"class_list":["post-247379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":1700792156,"cached_date":1704922217},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247379\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}