TRS working prez Rama Rao lauds SC verdict on women's right to abortion

TRS working president K T Rama Rao on Friday applauded the Supreme Court's judgement on women's abortion rights.

''Wholeheartedly applaud & welcome the landmark Pro-Choice judgement delivered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India on the #AbortionRights women,'' Rama Rao, also a Minister of Telangana, tweeted. In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday expanded the scope of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act and the corresponding rules to include unmarried women for abortion between 20-24 weeks of pregnancy, saying limiting the provision to cover only married women would render it discriminatory and violative of Article 14.

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