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A woman has the right to choose whether to continue her pregnancy or not, the Bombay High Court said.
The HC allowed a married woman to terminate her 32-week pregnancy after the foetus was detected with severe abnormalities.
A division bench refused to accept the the medical board's view that the even though the foetus has serious abnormalities it should not be terminated.
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Justice Rekha Palli considered the report of medical board of AIIMS that it agreed with the decision of the would-be-parents to abort the foetus due to the abnormalities.
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A doctor performing an abortion in such a case could face a fourth-degree felony charge and physicians could lose their licenses.
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According to the study published in the noted medical journal Lancet, India recorded around 15.6 million abortions in 2015.
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Thousands of people staged a massive protest calling for an end to Ireland's abortion laws.
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The girl is a resident of Mumbai and a student of class seven.
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The medical board, in its report, told the apex court that, "the surgeries that will be necessary on the foetus have been reported to carry high morbidity and mortality."
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It directed that the termination of pregnancy would be performed by the doctors of the hospital where she underwent a medical check-up.
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