
Lauding the Supreme Court verdict that has entitled all women to safe and legal abortions, editorials in prominent English dailies pointed out the exception to marital rape in criminal laws and the “harrowing fight” ahead for bodily and reproductive rights of women.
The court on Thursday ruled that irrespective of their marital status, all women are entitled to safe and legal abortion. The bench noted that for the sole purpose of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, the meaning of rape must include marital rape.