The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here to constitute a medical board to ascertain the physical condition of a woman and her 25-week foetus she wants aborted citing financial constraints.
A vacation bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma ordered the medical board to furnish its report by May 27.
The bench passed the order on a plea of the woman, who claimed that she came to know about her pregnancy on May 17.
"She has come all the way from Dubai and is currently staying in a hotel here. She is not that financially strong," the counsel said and urged the bench to allow her to terminate her pregnancy.
The bench said it will list the matter for next Monday.
Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, aborting a foetus that is more than 24 weeks old can be allowed only in cases of substantial foetal abnormality as diagnosed by a medical board or if an opinion is formed in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the pregnant woman.
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