The Supreme Court of India refused to allow a 26-year-old widow to terminate her over 32-week pregnancy, citing the medical board s determination that there were no abnormalities in the fetus. The woman had earlier obtained permission from the Delhi High Court to terminate her then 29-week-old fetus, but the Supreme Court declined to interfere with the high court s decision.
Advocate Amit Mishra, representing the woman, said she did not come to know about the pregnancy earlier and recently she started facing some medical issues and when she consulted a doctor, she came to know on November 16 that she was pregnant
The Supreme Court today (16.10.2023) rejected the plea of a married woman to abort her third pregnancy which has crossed 26-week on the ground that she was suffering from post partum psychosis after.