Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Rape Survivor To End 8-Week Pregnancy

The high court passed the order on January 2, in which it allowed the minor survivor's plea seeking termination of her pregnancy.

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed the termination of a teenage rape survivor's pregnancy of more than eight weeks, and directed her father to submit an affidavit stating that they will not resile from their accusation during the trial.

The high court passed the order on January 2, in which it allowed the minor survivor's plea seeking termination of her pregnancy.

It directed her father to file an affidavit before Sagar district's Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), mentioning that she was subjected to rape by the accused and has filed a petition to terminate pregnancy.