India’s High Court refuses abortion for 10 year old who was raped
India’s Supreme Court has refused to allow an abortion for a 10 year old girl, allegedly raped by her uncle, on the grounds that she is too far into her pregnancy.
A doctors’ panel told the court that, at 32 weeks, termination of the pregnancy would be too risky.
Her pregnancy was discovered two weeks ago when she complained of stomach ache and her parents took her to hospital.
A lower court had earlier turned down her plea on similar grounds.
Without disclosing the details of the medical report, the judges today ruled that termination was not good for the girl.
The court has also suggested that the Indian government set up a permanent medical board in each state to take prompt decisions in such cases.