Pregnancy Beyond Period Of 20 Weeks Can Be Terminated If Foetus Has Congenital Defects : Calcutta HC [Read Judgment]

The Calcutta High Court has allowed the termination of a pregnancy having a period of 25 weeks on the finding that the foetus had congenital defect.Justice Protik Prakash Banerjee passed the order, following a Division Bench judgment of the Calcutta High Court in Suparna Debnath v State of West Bengal, which held that Section 3 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971 will include a...