Supreme Court on Monday, October 16,\u00a0refused to grant a woman’s request to end her over 26-week pregnancy on the grounds that she was experiencing post-partum psychosis. The highest court went on to say that the state could raise the child after birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling followed the supreme court’s previous reservation of judgement regarding the woman’s request for authorization to give instructions AIIMS to end her more than 26-week pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pregnancy is longer than 24 weeks, so the court rejected granting permission for terminating it. In addition, the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, and the other members of the SC bench said neither the pregnancy nor the case are associated with any abnormalities in the foetus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman will have additional treatment at AIIMS, and the woman’s parents are able to decide whether to place their child for adoption, the SC stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman came before the court earlier this month, claiming that she had postpartum depression and dire financial circumstances, and that she was unaware that she was pregnant for the third time because of a condition known as lactational amenorrhea, which stops a patient from menstruating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The maximum period for terminating a pregnancy under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act is 24 weeks for married women, special categories (such as rape survivors), and other vulnerable women such as minors and women with disabilities are also included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the petitioner’s behalf, however, senior lawyer Colin Gonsalves contended that the 24-week standard has already been deemed obsolete by the World Health Organisation (WHO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The petitioner’s medical condition was previously certified by the AIIMS medical board, which also stated that carrying out the pregnancy would not have any negative effects on the woman’s health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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