Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Monday permitted an 18-year-old rape victim to abort her 24-week-old foetus observing that continuance of pregnancy may result in a grave injury to her mental health.
In her order, Justice Sonia Gokani took into account the opinion of expert doctors after the HC admitted the plea of the girl. The victim, had stated in her plea on February 17 that she was raped by a youth last year at her village in the district. She later consumed acid to commit suicide as she was unable to bear the trauma after the incident.
She then requested the HC to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. The girl stated that though she survived the suicide bid, the acid caused damage to her internal organs as a result of which she is unable to consume anything. She is being fed with a pipe which is placed directly into her stomach.
