Plea for abortion by rape survivor at Supreme Court

Mumbai: The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the setting up of an committee comprising doctors, including gynecologists and psychologists, to look into whether the 24-week-old foetus of a 12-year-old Mumbai rape survivor should be aborted. 

Earlier, the girl’s parents filed a petition in the apex court, seeking its permission for abortion as abortion of foetuses over 20 weeks old is illegal.