Pregnant Rape Victims Should Receive Awareness On Legal Rights: SC
Supreme Court bench headed by CJI SA Bobde on March 12 stated that pregnant rape survivors should receive due sensitization about their legal rights. Conferring four weeks responding time, SC issued a notice to the Centre concerning the establishment of countrywide medical boards for authorizing abortions of foetuses aged 20 weeks and above. The SC's statement arrived viewing lawyer VK Biju's appeal, representing a minor seeking termination of her 26-week pregnancy on medical grounds.