The court said that if the sexual assault victim is a major who gives her consent and expresses desire for conducting MTP, the investigating agency will ensure that she is produced before the medical board the same day.
In refusing termination only on the ground of delay, this court would be condemning the mother to future that would be a denial of her right to dignity, and her reproductive and decisional autonomy, the Court held.
The woman’s plea stated that if she is forced to undergo full pregnancy then the child is “ bound to have a poor quality of life with a serious handicap.”