{"id":333432,"date":"2025-06-27T10:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T15:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=333432"},"modified":"2025-06-26T16:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T21:20:13","slug":"indian-court-25-week-abortion-end-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/indian-court-25-week-abortion-end-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian court allows 25-week abortion due to end of woman’s relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Bombay High Court of India permitted<\/a> a 31-year-old woman to abort her 25-week-old preborn baby, despite India\u2019s 20-week age limit for abortions \u2014 for no other reason than she faced a lack of support from family and the child’s father.<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Takeaways<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  • The woman, who remained anonymous in every news story, told the court her pregnancy was causing her \u201c<\/span>mental trauma<\/span><\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The court ruled such \u201canguish\u201d was \u201c<\/span>constituting<\/span> grave injury to her mental health.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  • The woman claimed her family would not accept the pregnancy and the father of the child was not supporting her, as the relationship had ended.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Details<\/b><\/h2>\n

    The High Court directed JJ Hospital to examine the woman on June 13. The medical examiner who performed her psychiatric evaluation said she faced financial struggles, \u201cinter-personal conflicts,\u201d and had a history of sadness, stress, alcohol consumption, and smoking, India Express <\/span>reports<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

    The hospital medical board said she was \u201cfit to undergo the procedure under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u201cWe are satisfied that continuance of the pregnancy shall adversely affect the already disturbed psychological condition of the petitioner. Hence, in the peculiar facts of this case, we permit the petitioner to medically terminate the pregnancy,\u201d the court <\/span>said<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Under the Medical Termination of a Pregnancy Act, India law permits abortions performed by certified doctors up to 20 weeks, according to <\/span>Samad Hospital<\/span><\/a>. The <\/span>law<\/span><\/a> only specifies case-exceptions such as rape or risk to the life of the mother. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Self-administered chemical abortions are illegal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n