Give For Adoption: Delhi High Court To Pregnant Woman Who Sought Abortion
NDTV
The Delhi High Court suggested that the petitioner be kept "somewhere safe" until she delivers the child who can subsequently be given up for adoption
The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will not permit an unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks, observing it virtually amounts to killing the foetus.
The high court also said the law granted time to unmarried women to undergo the procedure of medical termination of pregnancy and the legislature has "purposefully excluded consensual relationship" from the category of cases where termination is permissible after 20 weeks and up to 24 weeks.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma, while dealing with the petition by the woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy, suggested that the petitioner be kept "somewhere safe" until she delivers the child who can subsequently be given up for adoption.
"We will ensure that the girl is kept somewhere safe and she can deliver and go. There is a big queue for adoption," observed the bench, also comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad.
