Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on abortion law
February 13th, 2009 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI New Delhi, Feb 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre on the petition challenging a law prohibiting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy in case of foetal abnormality.
A bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan heard the plea of Mumbai-based Dr. Nikhil D Datar and has sought for a response of the government on the issue.
Niketa and Haresh Mehta along with their doctor Nikhil Datar had moved to court seeking abortion of the couple’’s first child after physicians diagnosed the unborn child with a congenital heart block in the 24th week of pregnancy.
However, The Bombay High Court, on August 4, refused permission to abort the 26-week foetus observing that medical experts did not express any “categorical opinion that if the child is born it would suffer from serious handicaps”. (ANI)
- Court rejects plea to abort foetus with heart defects (Lead) - Aug 04, 2008
- Need to amend abortion law, say experts - Aug 04, 2008
- Apex court to examine if abortion be allowed after 20 weeks - Feb 13, 2009
- Bombay HC Fetal Abortion Case: Niketa Mehta suffers a miscarriage - Aug 14, 2008
- Mumbai court says no to abortion of 25-week foetus - Aug 04, 2008
- Mumbai couple wants abortion, court orders more tests - Aug 01, 2008
- Woman who sought to abort foetus suffers miscarriage - Aug 14, 2008
- 100 babies aborted in Britain by women not wanting multiple births - Dec 29, 2011
- Gynaecologists support Mumbai couple on abortion - Aug 06, 2008
- Abortion laws must be urgently amended (Opinion) - Aug 05, 2008
- Baby's genome lurks in mother's blood: Study - Dec 09, 2010
- Foetus captured on film smiling at just 17 weeks - Oct 11, 2010
- Human foetuses do not feel pain before 24 weeks - Jun 25, 2010
- Effect of alcohol on foetus development not clear, say researchers - Jun 17, 2010
- Mother's bone marrow could cure diseases in unborn baby - Jan 19, 2011
Tags: 24th week of pregnancy, abortion law, august 4, bombay high court, chief justice, congenital heart block, datar, foetal, handicaps, k g balakrishnan, medical experts, mehta, New Delhi, niketa, nikhil, plea, supreme court issues, unborn child, week of pregnancy, weeks of pregnancy
