Court Rejects Abortion For Minor At 28 Weeks As "Baby Will Be Born Alive"
NDTV
The bench said if a child is going to be born even with forcible delivery, then they might as well let the baby be born full-term keeping its future in mind.
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has refused to permit a 15-year-old rape victim to abort her 28-week pregnancy as doctors have opined that the baby would be born alive even if forcible delivery is performed at this stage.
The baby would require neonatal care, as per the doctors.
A division bench of Justices R V Ghuge and Y G Khobragade in its order of June 20 said if a child is going to be born even with forcible delivery, then they might as well let the baby be born full-term keeping its future in mind.
The court was hearing a petition filed by the rape victim's mother seeking permission to abort the girl's 28-week pregnancy.
