MP HC allows minor rape victim to terminate 27-week pregnancy
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has allowed an 11-year-old rape victim to terminate her 27-week pregnancy. The court's direction came on Monday on a petition filed before it by the mother of the minor. According to the prosecution, the girl was allegedly raped by her uncle.
Justice Nandita Dubey directed that the termination of pregnancy may be taken up by the respondent authorities (state health department and others) with active and positive assistance of the petitioner and her daughter as early as possible, the prosecutor said.
"It would be the duty of the respondent authorities to provide the best and safest medical assistance to the victim for undertaking the exercise of termination of pregnancy," the court said.
The petitioner, through her counsel, has given an undertaking of taking full responsibility for the risk of pregnancy termination.
The petitioner also assured to indemnify and exonerate the respondent authorities, doctors and all others involved of any responsibility or liability in respect of the outcome of the procedure.
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