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30-week pregnant woman allowed abortion over foetal defects
short by Aarushi Maheshwari / on Saturday, 22 September, 2018
Bombay High Court has allowed a woman, who is 30 weeks pregnant, to undergo an abortion after a medical test revealed the foetus had a developmental birth defect. The woman said she already has a five-year-old son who has Down Syndrome. She and her husband approached the court stating that another specially-abled child would impose a financial burden on them.
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