Rape survivor moves to SC for abortion
Team Udayavani, Sep 19, 2017, 11:01 AM IST
Bengaluru: A teen rape survivor has moved to Supreme Court to abort 25- week pregnancy
Three-judge bench Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed the head of the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute (BMCRI) to set up a medical board on Tuesday to examine this case.
The court will consider the case on Thursday.
Advocate Nikhil Nayyar, representing the girl, challenged the order passed by the High Court of Karnataka on August 31, declining her plea for abortion.
The court sought the opinion of Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, who submitted that a medical board should be set up at the BMCRI to examine the matter.
The high court had refused the girl’s plea by saying that the medical opinions tendered by Vani Vilas Hospital on August 28 have pointed out the “risks and complications inherent to the second trimester of medical termination of pregnancy”.
The girl, however, expressed distress in continuing her pregnancy, saying she wanted to complete her studies.
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