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Delhi High Court bars ID checks and mandates swift abortion protocols for rape survivors

The order streamlines hospital processes so survivors secure prompt sensitive care under new legal directives

Mpox wards in Delhi | Image: PTI
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Overview

  • Hospitals are barred from demanding identity proof when survivors arrive with an investigating officer or under court or child welfare committee orders.
  • Medical institutions must perform comprehensive examinations, including ultrasounds, without delay for rape survivors seeking termination.
  • Investigating officers are tasked with presenting survivors alongside all necessary documents and case files during medical procedures.
  • Hospitals must constitute medical boards immediately for pregnancies exceeding 24 weeks without awaiting specific court directions.
  • The court instructs hospitals to appoint nodal officers, display updated SOPs, conduct regular staff training and obtain informed consent in a language survivors understand.