New Delhi: The Supreme Court has allowed two minor rape victims of Delhi and Bengaluru to abort their fetus on Thursday, considering that medical boards have said that in these two cases, the termination of pregnancy is allowed.
The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra elucidates the reports of medical boards of AIIMS and Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, where both the children were examined according to their orders.
The bench of Justice Amitava Roy and A. M. Khanwilkar had directed conservation of finished embryos for DNA sampling in both cases during the investigation.
According to medical reports from AIIMS, there was no risk in canceling the embryo of 13-year-old girl in the 23rd week of pregnancy.
Similarly, the Medical Board of Bengaluru Hospital said that the 17-year-old girl’s 24-week fetus can be revoked.
The Supreme Court bench said that the medical expenditure of the course of termination of pregnancy will be borne by the concerned states.
Section 3 (2) (B) of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits fetal abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
Both the rape survivors had approached the Supreme Court so that their respective embryos can be canceled.