<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear arguments on a plea seeking to extend the 20-week legal limit for abortion under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act (1971).<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi posted the matter challenging the legal provision to January next year.<br /><br />Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for petitioners Mrs X and Mrs Y (who suffered due to such provision), argued that the existing 20-week limit under the MTP Act violated women’s rights to bodily integrity as even in the case of severe foetal abnormalities, it forced women to carry pregnancies. <br /><br />He said that with the advancement in technology, the restriction did not hold good as the abnormalities in the foetus could be detected earlier.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to hear arguments on a plea seeking to extend the 20-week legal limit for abortion under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act (1971).<br /><br /></p>.<p>A bench headed by Justice Ranjan Gogoi posted the matter challenging the legal provision to January next year.<br /><br />Senior advocate Colin Gonsalves, appearing for petitioners Mrs X and Mrs Y (who suffered due to such provision), argued that the existing 20-week limit under the MTP Act violated women’s rights to bodily integrity as even in the case of severe foetal abnormalities, it forced women to carry pregnancies. <br /><br />He said that with the advancement in technology, the restriction did not hold good as the abnormalities in the foetus could be detected earlier.</p>
