Supreme Court Allows 26-Week Woman To Abort Foetus 

3 Jul, 2017 15:21 IST|Sakshi
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court allowed a woman, who is in her 26th week of pregnancy to abort her foetus that is suffering from severe cardiac ailments.

The direction came after the bench - comprising Justice Dipak Misra and M Khanwilkar - perused the report of the medical board by the SSKM Hospital, which advised the termination of pregnancy on the grounds that the mother would suffer "severe mental injury" if the pregnancy is continued and the child, if born alive, has to undergo multiple surgeries for severe cardiac ailments.

The woman and her husband had approached the apex court seeking permission to abort her foetus on grounds of abnormalities which could be even fatal to her.

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