The woman, who got married in February 2023, lost her husband in October after which she came to her parents’ house and got to know that she was 20 weeks pregnant.In December, she decided not to continue with her pregnancy as she was suffering from extreme trauma due to the demise of her husband and approached doctors for termination.However, since the gestation period was more than 24 weeks, the permissible limit to abort a foetus, she was not granted permission.Thereafter, the woman approached the court seeking permission to medically terminate her pregnancy and a medical board was constituted to assess her health condition.AIIMS, in its report, said the woman was provisionally diagnosed with depression with problems related to the death of a spouse and a differential diagnosis of adjustment disorder and added that at this time, it cannot be speculated definitively whether the continuation of pregnancy can be detrimental to the petitioner’s health from a psychiatric viewpoint.Rule 3(B) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Rules permits a woman to terminate her pregnancy up to 24 weeks with certain conditions.
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