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10 year old rape survivor denied permission to abort by SC
“The panel will affirm one way or the other whether health of the girl concerned and the child would be adversely affected if the pregnancy is allowed to be full term.
The
Supreme
Court
has
turned
down
an
abortion
plea
filed
by
a
10
year
old
rape
survivor.
The
survivor
who
is
32
weeks
pregnant
had
moved
the
SC
seeking
permission
to
terminate
her
pregnancy.
The
court
observed
that
the
medical
report
that
it
had
sought
for
says
that
it
would
endanger
the
life
of
both
her
and
the
child.
On July 24, the court had asked the Chandigarh Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research to examine the girl and report if the pregnancy could be terminated.
The Supreme Court has asked Chandigarh's Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research to examine a 10-year-old rape victim to ascertain if her 30-week-old pregnancy can be terminated.
A bench headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar also asked member secretary of the state legal services authority to assist the panel in the examination to be held on Wednesday.
"The panel will affirm one way or the other whether health of the girl concerned and the child would be adversely affected if the pregnancy is allowed to be full term," the bench said India has a 20-week legal ceiling on abortion. The pregnancy termination law allows a woman to abort but only after doctors confirm "it is necessary to save the mother's life".
Advocate Alakh Alok told the court thaet doctors were of the view that the pelvic bones of the girl were not fully developed and a full-term pregnancy at "this tender age is very risky". The girl, who hails from Chandigarh, was repeatedly raped by her uncle, the advocate also submitted.
Her parents had approached the Chandigarh district court for permission to terminate the pregnancy. On July 18, the court dismissed the plea, citing the 20-week ceiling.
The girl was allegedly raped over seven months. Her parents got to know of it when they took her to a doctor after she complained of a stomach pain.
OneIndia News
