abortion plea
New Delhi, May 1 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to entertain a curative plea filed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) seeking reconsideration of its April 24 order permitting termination of the over 28-week pregnancy of a 15-year-old Delhi girl, making it clear that neither the Centre nor medical institutions could assume the role of decision-makers in such cases.
Underlining that reproductive choice ultimately rests with the individual and not the State, a bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi said that this should not become a "fight between the State and its citizens," cautioning against framing the issue as a contest between "an unborn child and a child".
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