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Delhi HC reserves order on plea by woman to terminate 33-week pregnancy

The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a petition by a 26-year-old woman seeking to terminate her 33-week pregnancy on account of the foetus suffering from certain cerebral abnormalities. Justice Prathiba M Singh, while clarifying that she was not taking any view at the moment, also expressed her "ethical concern" in the matter and pondered upon the use of technology to detect any abnormalities in a foetus and thus, have only "prefect children". "There is one ethical concern that the court is thinking of and that is with technology. It is actually very easy to detect a number of abnormalities as of today. We are now almost talking of a full-term pregnancy (in this case)," the court said. "So I am not taking any view either way but I am just saying that are we looking at a society which only has perfect children?...If the means are provided, should the parents then have the choice of not having the child at all," the court questioned. After hearing the petitioner as we

Now, all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion: Supreme Court

The court also for the first time recognised marital rape under the MTP Act

Less women delivered at institutional facilities amid Covid: Niti Aayog

The number of women who delivered in institutional facilities declined during October-December 2020 compared to that of the same period before the outbreak of COVID-19, according to a report by government think-tank Niti Aayog. During October-December 2020, nearly 53,48,000 women delivered in institutional facilities, which was lower than the pre-pandemic level (October-December 2019) of 54,98,000, said the report titled 'Preserving progress on nutrition in India: Poshan Abhiyan in pandemic times'. Besides, approximately 30,52,000 beneficiaries received post-partum check-ups between 48 hours and 14 days of birth during the October-December 2020 period against 31,31,000 such beneficiaries during the pre-pandemic (October-December 2019) period. The report also pointed out that the number of institutional deliveries conducted (including C-section) reduced in most states and UTs (32 out of 35 states/UTs) compared with the number of such cases recorded during the pre-pandemic period. Th

Portugal health minister resigns following pregnant Indian tourist's death

Portugal's Health Minister resigned after the widespread criticism of her decision to temporarily close emergency obstetric services and forcibly transfer an Indian pregnant woman between hospitals

Every pregnant woman deserves dignity during motherhood: Delhi HC

Every pregnant woman deserves the dignity guaranteed by the Constitution during motherhood, the Delhi High Court said while granting three-month interim bail to a pregnant woman accused of kidnapping and attempt to murder. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta said giving birth to a child in custody would not only be traumatic for the mother but also impact the child adversely. "Pregnancy of a woman is a special circumstance which needs to be appreciated, as giving birth to a child while in custody, would not only be a trauma to the mother but also create an everlasting adverse impact on the child, whenever questioned about his birth. Every pregnant female deserves the dignity enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution of India during motherhood," the court said in its order dated August 18. "The Court is expected to take note of interest of a child, who is not expected to be exposed to the prisons, until and unless there is a grave danger in releasing the petitioner on bail," it ...

US sues Idaho over restrictive abortion law, cites medical treatment

US filed lawsuit challenging Idaho's restrictive abortion law, arguing that it conflicts with federal law requiring doctors to provide pregnant women medically necessary treatment, including abortion

WHO warns 'sustained transmission' of monkeypox risks vulnerable groups

The virus has now been identified in more than 50 new countries outside the countries in Africa where it is endemic

Covid infection linked with more complications in pregnancy, birth: Study

Pregnant women with COVID-19 are more likely to have complications with pregnancy and birth compared to those without the nfection, according to a study. The research, publishing on Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine, looked at hospitalisation for births in France during the first six months of the pandemic. The study suggests that vaccination may be useful to protect women and their babies, particularly for those at a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infections. The researchers from the Universite de Paris in France analysed data for hospitalisations for birth after 22 weeks gestation in France between January and June 2020. Until March 15, all confirmed cases of COVID were hospitalised but after this hospital admission was based on the medical condition of the patient, they said. The researchers noted that of 244,465 births in hospital, 874 or 0.36 per cent of mothers had been diagnosed with COVID-19. Women in the COVID-19 group were more likely to be older, have obe

Covid-19 and pregnancy: Women regret not getting the vaccine

Sometimes when she's feeding her infant daughter, Amanda Harrison is overcome with emotion and has to wipe away tears of gratitude. She is lucky to be here, holding her baby

Pregnant women to get Covid vaccine at their check-up facilities in Delhi

Pregnant and lactating women will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the clinics where they go for their ante-natal and post-natal check-ups, Delhi govt's official order said

Over 300,000 pregnant women given first dose of Covid-vaccine: Govt

As many as 3,05,938 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered to pregnant women till August 4, the Rajya Sabha was told on Tuesday

Over 227,000 pregnant women given their first dose of Covid vaccine: Govt

Over 227,000 pregnant women have received their first dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine under the ongoing national Covid-19 inoculation drive, the Union health ministry said on Friday

Pregnant women now eligible for Covid-19 vaccination: Health Ministry

The vaccine can be taken anytime during the pregnancy, the health ministry said

Covid-19 vaccine can be given to pregnant women, says health ministry

ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said vaccines are very useful for pregnant women

'Didi died': India must not delay vaccinating pregnant women against Covid

Women contracting Covid-19 during pregnancy are over 50% more likely to experience complications and they are more at risk of death.

225 Covid-19 positive pregnant women gave birth to healthy babies at AGMC

225 Covid-19 positive pregnant women have delivered healthy babies at the AGMC during the two waves of the coronavirus and the newborns were not found to be infected with the virus post-delivery

Pregnant, lactating women shouldn't be administered Covid vaccine now: Govt

The vaccine should be administered with caution in persons with a history of any bleeding or coagulation disorder (like clotting factor deficiency, coagulopathy or platelet disorder, it said

Covid-19 may cause deadly blood clots in pregnant women, say researchers

Researchers have revealed that Covid-19 may increase the risk of blot clots in women who are pregnant or taking estrogen with birth control or hormone replacement therapy.

Lancet study shows mothers unlikely to pass coronavirus to newborns

Contrary to the previous findings, the researchers now claim that mothers with Covid-19 infection are unlikely to pass the virus to their newborn if correct hygiene precautions are observed

Pregnant women's Covid-19 test issue turned into bureaucratic nightmare: HC

The Delhi HC pulled up the AAP govt for not clarifying whether every pregnant woman who goes to a hospital for delivery or urgent treatment is required to undergo Covid-19 test, symptomatic or not