Delhi HC directs LNJP Hospital to examine pregnant woman seeking termination of 33-week fetus
The woman approached the high court after the GTB Hospital declined her request for termination of pregnancy on the premise that the process shall require judicial intervention since the current gestational age of the petitioner is beyond the permissible limit of 24 weeks under the amended Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act which came into effect from September 24, 2021.;
Delhi High Court
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court directed the state-run Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital to examine the 26-year-old woman seeking termination of her 33-week pregnancy as the foetus suffers from cerebral abnormalities.
Justice Prathiba M Singh asked the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan (LNJP) Hospital to set up the board which shall examine the woman and inform the court on the feasibility of terminating the pregnancy.
The court listed the matter for further hearing on December 5.
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The woman said during her ultrasound tests till the 16th week of pregnancy no abnormalities were found in the foetus.
On November 12, she underwent another ultrasound after 30 weeks one day of pregnancy in which, for the first time, an abnormality was observed in the foetus, she said, adding subsequent medical examination and fresh consultation with another doctor confirmed the abnormalities.
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