HC allows 17-year-old rape victim to terminate pregnancy
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Bilaspur: The Chhattisgarh High Court has allowed a 17-year-old rape victim to terminate her pregnancy.
Justice Sanjay K Agrawal passed the order yesterday after going through a report submitted by a medical board constituted to examine the girl, her lawyer Parag Kotecha said today.
The court directed that a five-member medical team, including the dean of Government Medical College, Raipur, should supervise the abortion, to be conducted tomorrow.
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