Minor Rape Survivor Files Plea In Court To End To 24-Week Pregnancy
The rape survivor has sought permission to terminate her 24-week being pregnant. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A minor rape survivor has filed a plea within the Delhi Prime Court on Monday, looking for permission to terminate her 24-week being pregnant.
The plea is indexed for listening to on Tuesday earlier than Justice Vibhu Bakhru.
The petition, filed during the 16-year-old woman’s mom, is aggrieved as Segment three of the Scientific Termination of Pregnancy Act does no longer allow termination of being pregnant in case the duration of gestation is greater than 20-weeks.
It plea says that the rape survivor was once tested by means of docs at a central authority clinic on January 25 and he or she was once discovered to be 24-weeks pregnant.
For the reason that gestation duration was once greater than 20 weeks, physician mentioned it was once past the permissible restrict and courtroom’s permission is needed for being pregnant termination.
The Union Cupboard had closing Wednesday authorized extending the higher restrict for allowing abortions from the existing 20 weeks to 24 weeks for “particular classes of girls”, which would come with rape survivors, sufferers of incest, differently-abled and minors, an legitimate commentary mentioned.
