Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court, while allowing a 17-year-old woman to choose whether she wants to keep the child or not, said that she has a right in relation to her body which includes saying “Yes” or “No” to being a mother” and the law provides the right to a sexual assault victim to medically terminate her pregnancy.

A bench comprising Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Prashant Kumar was hearing a plea filed by the 17-year-old victim of sexual assault seeking to medically terminate her pregnancy.

The bench said that section 3(2) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act provides the right to a sexual assault victim to terminate her pregnancy medically and denying a women right to say no to medical termination of pregnancy and fasten her with........

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