Gujarat High Court Allows Abortion For 6 Months' Pregnant Rape Survivor
NDTV
The panel of doctors opined that continuation of pregnancy may affect the woman's mental and physical health and hence it is feasible to abort the foetus.
The Gujarat High Court on Monday allowed medical termination of a 26-week pregnancy of a 23-year-old woman, a rape survivor with "sub-normal intelligence" and 70 per cent permanent physical disability.
The court of Justice Samir Dave took into account a report of the medical superintendent of a Surat hospital along with opinion of a panel of four doctors while allowing the woman to undergo medical termination of her 26-week (6 months) pregnancy at the earliest with due care and precautions.
The panel of doctors opined that continuation of pregnancy may affect the woman's mental and physical health and hence it is feasible to abort the foetus.
The woman, a rape survivor, had petitioned the High Court through a lawyer seeking permission for medical termination of her pregnancy.
