Wed Jun 28, 2023 – 2:46 pm EDTWed Jun 28, 2023 – 4:41 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — A high court in India has rejected a request to abort the child of a rape victim at 28 weeks’ gestation, citing the baby’s viability and certain risks for both the mother and child should an abortion be committed.
On Monday, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court ruled that the late-term abortion was unnecessary and dangerous, after doctors said the baby would likely be born alive either way and face higher probability of disability if an abortion were attempted. They also said that it would jeopardize the health of the 15-year-old mother, advocating for her to carry the child twelve more weeks.
The case was filed by the pregnant girl’s mother who requested permission for her daughter to abort the baby even though she was past the time limit for a legal abortion, according to The Economic Times. The girl had reportedly gone missing in February and police found her with a man three months later.
A medical board that examined the girl determined that her baby would be born alive even after an attempted abortion and
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