SC to Hear Plea Challenging Abortion Laws in India

The current laws deny women’s rights to abort in case of extraordinary medical complications beyond 20 weeks.

Currently, the law allows medical abortion till 20 weeks of pregnancy. Image used for representation. (Photo: iStockphoto)

• SC agreed to hear a plea challenging the validity of abortion laws in India on Wednesday.
  
  
• The petition has been filed by a woman who is in the 24th week of her pregnancy.
  
  
• The petition argues that current laws deny women rights to abort in case of extraordinary medical complications.
  

(With ANI inputs)