Calcutta HC
In rare order Calcutta High Court allows woman to terminate pregnancy after 35 weeks
Kolkata/IBNS: In a rare order, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy after 35 weeks, reports said.
The termination was allowed owing to defects in the spinal cord and other malformation of the foetus detected by a medical board.
After analysing a report of a nine-member medical board of state-run SSKM Hospital, the court observed that there it is explicit that there are remote chances of the child surviving.
The high court also said the team of nine senior doctors opined that even if the child is born by medical intervention, it is likely to develop severe impairments.
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