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New Delhi: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has expressed reservations about a Delhi High Court order permitting abortion to a 31-week pregnant woman.. In an application filed Monday before the high court, the hospital said the fetus is grossly normal and, therefore, feticide in the case is neither justified nor ethical...
The application, asking the court to give appropriate directions in view of the hospitals latest opinion, refers to 23 December, 2023 report that opined against termination of the pregnancy saying the fetuss gestational age was 29 weeks at that date...
Yet, the court in its 4 January order permitted the woman to terminate her pregnancy under the Medical of Termination Pregnancy Act (MTP)...
When the report indicated that the woman was going through immense trauma and showed suicidal tendencies, the high court on 4 January permitted her to undergo the termination procedure at the AIIMS...
Another review meeting of the medical board was held on 13 January, in which it was again felt that it was advisable for the woman to continue with the pregnancy for another two-three weeks for the betterment of her health and the fetus...
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