MUMBAI: The Bombay high court docket on Friday authorised a surrogate mom to terminate her 24-week pregnancy after it was once discovered that the foetus has multiple cardiac abnormalities.
A holiday bench of justice Bharati Dangre was once hearing a petition filed by way of a Pune-based woman in search of permission to terminate her 24-week pregnancy.
According to the petition, the girl had entered into an agreement with a Pune-based couple to conceive their baby during the Assisted Reproductive Technology.
The baby was once conceived however later, all the way through a regimen check-up, it was once learnt that the foetus had multiple cardiac abnormalities.
The woman together with the oldsters then approached the high court docket in search of permission to terminate the pregnancy as it had long past beyond the 20-week length.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act prohibits abortion of pregnancy beyond the 20-week length unless a route to that effect is given by way of a high court docket after taking into account record from a professional scientific workforce of any state-run health facility.
Last week, the girl was once examined by way of a scientific workforce of the BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune which submitted a record noting that scientific examination printed multiple cardiac abnormalities within the foetus.
The record additional noted that if the infant is born then it would require multiple surgical procedures with high morbidity and mortality.
"The medical team has therefore opined that the pregnancy may be terminated," the court docket said in its order.
On Wednesday, when the petition was once heard, justice Dangre said that the present case was once "peculiar" in nature because the petitioner is a surrogate mom and that the infant was once conceived by way of applying the Assisted Reproductive Technology.
The court docket then directed for the supposed parents to appear earlier than it to accord consent.
"As directed, the intended father appeared before the court on Friday and gave his consent to the abortion procedure. The court recorded the same and granted permission," said woman's advocate Meenaz Kakalia.
A holiday bench of justice Bharati Dangre was once hearing a petition filed by way of a Pune-based woman in search of permission to terminate her 24-week pregnancy.
According to the petition, the girl had entered into an agreement with a Pune-based couple to conceive their baby during the Assisted Reproductive Technology.
The baby was once conceived however later, all the way through a regimen check-up, it was once learnt that the foetus had multiple cardiac abnormalities.
The woman together with the oldsters then approached the high court docket in search of permission to terminate the pregnancy as it had long past beyond the 20-week length.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act prohibits abortion of pregnancy beyond the 20-week length unless a route to that effect is given by way of a high court docket after taking into account record from a professional scientific workforce of any state-run health facility.
Last week, the girl was once examined by way of a scientific workforce of the BJ Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital in Pune which submitted a record noting that scientific examination printed multiple cardiac abnormalities within the foetus.
The record additional noted that if the infant is born then it would require multiple surgical procedures with high morbidity and mortality.
"The medical team has therefore opined that the pregnancy may be terminated," the court docket said in its order.
On Wednesday, when the petition was once heard, justice Dangre said that the present case was once "peculiar" in nature because the petitioner is a surrogate mom and that the infant was once conceived by way of applying the Assisted Reproductive Technology.
The court docket then directed for the supposed parents to appear earlier than it to accord consent.
"As directed, the intended father appeared before the court on Friday and gave his consent to the abortion procedure. The court recorded the same and granted permission," said woman's advocate Meenaz Kakalia.
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