Becky Blab

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Dr Meera Patodia, a gynaecologist of the Meera Hospital in the city has been charged with conducting an abortion without the consent of the mother in connivance with her in-laws.
The victim Renu Khediya in her complaint to the Mahila police station (East) on May 5 2006 had charged her husband Bhupendra Singh and in-laws Rahuraj [...]

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In a strange conclusion to the story of requested abortion of an ailing fetus, the mother had a miscarriage last week. At first, I was pretty suspicious and automatically assumed some sneakiness. But it turned out a doctor had even warned miscarriage could be a possibility.
When asked if it was a genuine case of a [...]

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I find this story about a murderous husband losing custody of his son quite bizarre in light of the other custody battle that has been in the media spotlight, that of the surrogate Japanese baby. The article opens:
A father is the natural guardian of his child, so goes the law. But, when a father is [...]

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(Carrying on from the previous list of laws needing to be updated). Health Minister A Ramadoss declared that he is behind the legalisation of homosexuality in India. (For other news coverage of it, click here).
Addressing a 250-strong India session at the International AIDS Conference here on Thursday, he strongly campaigned for the changing the law [...]

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