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Delhi High Court Permits Termination of Minor Rape Victim's 24-week Pregnancy - (07 Feb 2020)

LAW OF MEDICINE

Delhi High Court has allowed termination of 24-week pregnancy of a minor rape victim, after a medical board set up by the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital said there was a significant risk to the teenager in continuing with it. The medical opinion of the hospital was placed before the Court who discussed it in-chamber with the 16-year-old girl and her parents before delivering the order in the open court.

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