Mumbai: If seven months after the opinion of a medical board pregnancy Childbirth is terminated by induction, child likely to be born deformed, 27-year-old Woman told Bombay High Court She will carry the pregnancy to its full term.

The sexual assault survivor had moved the High Court seeking permission for MTP as her pregnancy was beyond the permissible limit of 24 weeks for termination. On Friday, Justice Sandeep Marne and Justice Neela Gokhale were submitted a report by the medical board of Thane Civil Hospital which said the woman was not physically fit for MTP and unanimously expressed the possibility of it. Child To be born alive. Also, continuing the pregnancy may also lead to complications like anemia and high blood pressure.

Finding “some contradictions”, the judges interacted with the board online. The doctors clarified that their comments were general comments on pregnancy complications. “The baby is fully developed and is likely to be born alive,” he said. Inducing a woman to deliver at such an advanced stage can carry a “real risk of a malformed baby resulting in premature birth”. On the judges’ question on the comparative degree of risks to the fetus if the pregnancy is terminated prematurely and if it is carried to full term, he clearly stated that “the child will be born healthy and normal.” The possibility of this happening is clearly higher than that. Now there has been a demand for termination of the pregnancy. The woman admitted in the hospital was informed about the opinion of the doctors. Her lawyer Kanchan Pawar said that she wants to continue the pregnancy for its entire term. Are ready to continue till.

The judges directed the woman to be admitted to a home until delivery. If she is uncomfortable there, the hospital will allow her to remain admitted until delivery. If she wishes to give the child up for adoption, the state will “take responsibility for the child”.