unmarried or single women ............... 30
iii. The object and purpose of the MTP Act ............................................... 32
iv. The MTP Act as an aid of interpretation: Understanding ... Construing Rule 3B................................................................................. 43
F. Constitutional values animating the interpretation of the MTP Act and
MTP Rules .......................................................................................................... 55
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i. The right to reproductive autonomy
Delhi. The petitioner has averred that she was in a consensual
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2 “MTP Rules”
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relationship and, in the month of June ... unmarried woman within the ambit of
Rule 3B of the MTP Rules for the termination of pregnancy in terms of the
provisions of clause
Pregnancy Rules 2003 2 (as amended in 2021). She therefore
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2 “MTP Rules”
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approached this Court by invoking its writ jurisdiction ... result of the fact that
the Court had directed an MTP to be carried out immediately upon the petitioner
reporting to AIIMS. This
that the pregnancy
exceeded the statutory period of twenty-four weeks.
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2 There is an inexplicable inconsistency on the gestational ... March 2024 beyond the period of 24
weeks envisaged in the MTP Act ;
(iii) The minor was unaware of the fact that she was
pregnant
unmarried woman within the ambit of
Rule 3B of the MTP Rules for the termination of pregnancy in terms of the
provisions of clause ... section (2) of Section 3 of the MTP Act.
6 No notice has been issued by the High Court on prayer A or prayer
decisive in matters of
termination of pregnancy under the MTP Act . The
purpose of the opinion of the RMP borrows from the
legislative intent ... MTP Act which is to protect the
health of a pregnant person and facilitate safe,
hygienic, and legal abortion. The right to abortion
save the life of the
pregnant woman” in Section 5 of the MTP Act
includes “the protection of the mental and
physical health ... other writ,
order, directing respondent No.1 to produce the
report of MTP Committee which included the
Health Secretary, Mr. Naresh Dayal, former
Director-General
Justice K.S.Puttaswamy(Retd) And Anr. vs Union Of India And Ors. on 24
first respondent is still a trustee
under Section 2(18) of the MTP Act and had the locus standi to move a petition
under Article
