Child Pregnancy

Birth of a welcome change: Teenage deliveries among Muslim girls dip by 47% in Kerala

June 16, 2024

Birth of a welcome change: Teenage deliveries among Muslim girls dip by 47% in Kerala

The dip holds significance considering the fact that average teenage deliveries among Muslim girls in Kerala was above 15,000 in the past 10 years.

April 18, 2024
Bombay HC allows child marriage victim to terminate pregnancy over foetal abnormalities

The 17-year-old girl had filed a petition in Bombay HC saying scans had shown that the foetus had skeletal anomalies.
January 02, 2024
Minor boy impregnates sister: Kerala HC rejects abortion plea citing fully developed foetus

The court also observed the child must be allowed to be born through either a caesarean section or normal delivery, a decision left to medical experts.
May 22, 2023
Minor girl impregnated by own brother: Kerala HC allows medical termination of pregnancy

Justice Ziyad Rahman A A said that even according to the report of a medical board, constituted to examine the girl, continuation of the over 32 week pregnancy was likely to cause grave injury to the social and mental health of the 15-year old victim.
April 19, 2023
Mother of all blunders: Kerala govt separates infant from minor nursing mom

The Child Welfare Committee of Kasaragod united a 16-year-old girl with her newborn daughter 20 days after the state government separated them.
February 05, 2023
Child marriage in Munnar again; girl pregnant, case registered

The marriage of a 17-year-old girl with a 26-year-old youth was conducted by her mother and relatives.
July 16, 2022
Kerala HC approves termination of minor's pregnancy, tells state to take care of child if alive

The verdict comes at a time the Delhi HC had refused to terminate an abortion request from a 25-year-old unmarried woman.

March 11, 2022
'In the name of the Almighty': Kerala HC allows medical termination of pregnancy of 10-year old rape victim

Finding the plight of the girl who became pregnant at such a tender age 'unfortunate', Justice P V Kunhikrishnan allowed the plea for medical termination of pregnancy moved by the girl's mother.