SC Permits Abortion Of 25-Weeks-Old Fetus With Neurological Disorder [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a 26 year-old woman to abort a 25-weeks-old fetus, noting that it was diagnosed with a neurological disorder that causes absence of major portion of the skull and scalp.A medical report prepared by a board of Sir JJ Hospital in Mumbai had submitted before the Court that the foetus had anencephaly – a condition where the baby is born without parts of...