Delhi HC asks AIIMS to examine case of woman seeking abortion of ''abnormal'' fetus
New Delhi - The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked AIIMS to examine a woman seeking to abort her 23-week-old fetus as the unborn child has various abnormalities and to submit its report by next week on risks the procedure entails.
The order was passed by a bench of justices J R Midha and Jyoti Singh on the woman's plea which stated that ultrasound tests showed that the fetus has serious medical complications for which the baby would have to undergo multiple surgeries after birth.
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Even with the surgeries, chances of the baby's survival are slim and the woman and her husband decided to terminate the pregnancy after consulting various medical experts, the plea stated.
According to the petition, the fetus has "echogenic bowel and hepatic calcification, a condition associated with increased risk of aneuploidy, fetal cystic fibrosis, bowel obstruction and other infections".
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