The family of a 12-year-old girl raped allegedly by a local Samajwadi Party (SP) member and his employee in Ayodhya has given consent to terminate her pregnancy. The girl is 12 weeks pregnant and is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Lucknow. Police, meanwhile, are planning to conduct a DNA test “to strengthen the case” against the two arrested accused. “The girl’s family has given consent (to terminate the pregnancy), and now the doctors overseeing her care will decide the next steps for the abortion. She was transferred to…
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What to know about legal battles on details of abortion rights ballot measures across | World News
Abortion access ballot measures are the center of a new wave of legal and procedural questions across the US Opponents of abortion access have focused on the technicalities at a time when votes have been siding with abortion access advocates. That side has prevailed on all seven ballot questions in the last two years. Abortion-related measures are on November ballots in six states and that number could grow. There have been disputes about how official documents should describe the measures and the details of whether they qualify for the ballots…
US Supreme Court abolishes constitutional right to abortion
[ad_1] Washington: US Supreme Court Friday took the dramatic step of reversing the historic 1973 Roe vs. Wade Ruling that is recognized constitutional rights of women for an abortion and legalized it nationwide, handing it a significant victory to Republicans and religious conservatives who want to limit or restrict the procedure. The court, in a 6-3 decision driven by its conservative majority, upheld the Republican-backed Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks. The vote to overturn Roe was 5–4, with Chief Justice John Roberts writing separately to say that…