Recently the supreme court has opined in the case of terminating a 26-week fetus that the child cannot be killed. "We cannot kill a child," the supreme court said while hearing a petition filed by the central government seeking withdrawal of the Central government's order allowing a married mother of two to terminate her 26-week pregnancy. Clarifying that the rights of the unborn child should be balanced with the mother's right to self-determination, a bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JP Pardiwala and Manoj Misra asked the Center and its lawyers to talk to the woman about the possibility of keeping the pregnancy for a few more weeks. asked. Also, should AIIMS tell doctors to stop the fetal heart? The bench of the Chief Justice asked the lawyer appearing on behalf of the 27-year-old woman. Counsel for the petitioner said no. Subsequently, the supreme court said that if the woman who waits for more than 24 weeks retains the fetus for a few more weeks, there is a chance of giving birth to a healthy baby.
The supreme court adjourned the hearing of this case to 10.30 am tomorrow. Earlier, the case came up for hearing before a bench of the Chief Justice after a two-judge bench had given a dissenting verdict on the Centre's petition to withdraw the supreme Court's order allowing the woman to terminate her 26-week pregnancy. It is noteworthy that on the 9th, the supreme court allowed the woman to abort the fetus considering that she was not in a position to raise a third child emotionally, financially and mentally.
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