17-Year-Old Survivor Allowed to Terminate 31-Week Pregnancy Despite Health Risk, Reproductive Autonomy Paramount: Allahabad High Court

In a deeply sensitive and significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court has allowed a 17-and-a-half-year-old rape survivor to medically terminate her 31-week pregnancy, stressing that the will and consent of the pregnant person is paramount, even when there is a risk to both mother and child. The judgment was passed by a division bench comprising Justice Manoj Kumar Gupta and Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra. Background: Petition by Minor Victim…