Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Cases seeking permission for Medical Termination of Pregnancy across High Courts and in the Supreme Court
- This analysis is for cases analyses between January '19 - December '19
- A total of 131 cases which went to the High Court or the Supreme Court were analysed
- The reasons stated for MTP have been visualised on the right
- The stage of pregnancy for a majority (58) of these cases is between 20 - 24 weeks
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