HC allows woman to terminate 28-week pregnancy
The Hindu
‘Foetus suffers from rare congenital heart disease, which is a substantial abnormality’
The Delhi High Court has said that reproductive choice is a facet of reproductive rights of a woman and a dimension of her ‘personal liberty’, while allowing a woman to terminate her 28 weeks’ pregnancy as the foetus suffers from a rare congenital heart disease.
Justice Jyoti Singh agreed with the contention of the woman that continuing the pregnancy would cause grave injury to her mental health.
The girl, who was admitted to Aster CMI Hospital with alarming breathlessness and significant pallor, was diagnosed with Wegener’s Granulomatosis (now known as Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis or GPA), a rare autoimmune condition that causes spontaneous bleeding in the lungs, leading to acute respiratory failure.
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