SC Allows Woman With Twin Pregnancy To Medically Terminate One Foetus With Down Syndrome [Read Order]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted a woman, bearing 25 weeks old twin pregnancy, to undergo procedure for foetal reduction, on the grounds of "serious foetal abnormalities". The bench of Justices R. Banumathi, Indu Malhotra and Aniruddha Bose allowed the special leave petition, preferred against the order of the Bombay High Court, whereby the Petitioner was...