We aborted healthy babies after NHS mistakes, couples tell BBC

We aborted healthy babies after NHS mistakes, couples tell BBC

BBC Carly and Carl went through with an abortion but later found out there had been a mistake and nothing had been wrong with their unborn baby Two couples have told the BBC they went through with abortions after an NHS trust mistakenly told them their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions. They say errors … Read more

More single women and female couples having IVF

More single women and female couples having IVF

Getty Images The number of single women and female couples undergoing IVF or artificial insemination in the UK has risen over the past decade, a report from the fertility regulator shows. The number of single women having treatment, including in-vitro fertilisation (IVF), has increased from 1,400 in 2012 to 4,800 in 2022, while the number … Read more

SC refuses to permit euthanasia for aged couple’s comatose son

SC refuses to permit euthanasia for aged couple’s comatose son

SC says this is not a case of passive euthanasia, as the patient, comatose after a multi-storey fall, is not dependent on any external device for life support. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to grant an aged couple’s plea to allow “passive euthanasia” for their 30-year-old son, who … Read more

Chhattisgarh: Naxalite couple’s daughter clears Class 10 board exam, aspires to become doctor

Chhattisgarh: Naxalite couple’s daughter clears Class 10 board exam, aspires to become doctor

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: ANI When an 18-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh cleared her class 10 state board examination, it was an extraordinary feat given her family background. Her parents are active Naxalites, living their lives under the shadow of guns, but that did not deter the teenager from single-mindedly pursuing … Read more

Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court

Inter-faith couples face harassment, threats and violence: Madhya Pradesh High Court

A view of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. File photo Holding that “the societal opposition to interreligion marriage often makes it difficult for couples to exercise their legal rights”, the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on April 18 quashed a three-year-old case of cheating against a married couple from Ujjain and the … Read more

Maharashtra forms panel to monitor interfaith, inter-caste couples

Maharashtra forms panel to monitor interfaith, inter-caste couples

Maharashtra Minister for Women and Child Development Mangal Prabhat Lodha speaks to the media in Mumbai on December 14, 2022 on the State’s move to monitor interfaith and inter-caste couples. The Maharashtra Government has constituted a 13-member committee to collect details of couples in interfaith and inter-caste marriages, and the maternal families of the women … Read more