{"id":49712,"date":"2017-09-06T09:38:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=49712"},"modified":"2017-09-06T09:38:03","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T04:08:03","slug":"sc-allows-13-year-old-rape-survivor-abort-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-allows-13-year-old-rape-survivor-abort-pregnancy","title":{"rendered":"SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort her pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48690\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48690\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"48690\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-sacrificing-love-parents-common-india-says-sc\/women-sacrificing-love-for-parents\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?fit=307%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"307,164\" 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=\"Women sacrificing love for parents\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?fit=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?fit=307%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-48690 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?resize=300%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort her pregnancy\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?resize=300%2C160&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?resize=150%2C80&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/06\/Women-sacrificing-love-for-parents.jpg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48690\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SC allows 13-year-old rape survivor to abort her pregnancy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Supreme Court today allowed a 13-year-old alleged rape survivor to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy after taking note of a medical report.<\/p>\n<p>A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar perused the medical report filed by a board of doctors of J J hospital Mumbai, set up by the court, and granted the nod for termination of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the Centre, referred to the medical report and an earlier order passed by the apex court on a plea by another rape survivor whose pregnancy was at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court asked the hospital authorities to conduct the termination of pregnancy preferably on September 8. &#8220;The girl would be admitted a day before,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Mumbai-based rape survivor, a student of class seven had sought permission to abort the foetus.<\/p>\n<p>Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today allowed a 13-year-old alleged rape survivor to terminate her 32-week-old pregnancy after taking note of a medical report. 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