{"id":47563,"date":"2017-03-27T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T01:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=47563"},"modified":"2017-03-27T07:13:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T01:43:31","slug":"sc-denies-permission-woman-terminate-27-week-foetus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-denies-permission-woman-terminate-27-week-foetus","title":{"rendered":"SC denies permission to woman to terminate 27-week foetus"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_46502\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46502\" style=\"width: 292px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/decide-death-row-convicts-plea-2-monthssc-hc\/death-row\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"292,173\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"death row\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?fit=292%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-46502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?resize=292%2C173&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC denies permission to woman to terminate 27-week foetus\" width=\"292\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?w=292&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/01\/death-row.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC denies permission to woman to terminate 27-week foetus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today refused permission to a woman to abort her 27-week-old foetus showing signs of severe physical abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Justices S A Bobdey and L Nageshwara Rao referred to the report of the medical board, which has examined the woman, and said that as per the opinion of the doctors the baby may be &#8220;born alive&#8221; if the mother is allowed to abort at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court also observed that as per the doctors&#8217; opinion the physical condition of the woman is normal and there is no risk to her health.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As regard to the foetus, the report states that, if the pregnancy is terminated in the 27th week, there is a possibility that the baby may be born alive,&#8221; the bench observed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t consider it appropriate to direct the petitioner (woman) to terminate the foetus,&#8221; the apex court said.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told the bench that as per the report of the medical board of the Mumbai-based K E M Hospital, the foetus has severe physical abnormalities but the doctors have not advised termination as she is in her 27th week of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks even if there is a fatal risk to the mother and the foetus.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today refused permission to a woman to abort her 27-week-old foetus showing signs of severe physical abnormalities. 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