‘Terminate 30-Week Pregnancy’: HC Permits 11-Year-Old Sexual Assault Survivor

The Bombay High Court Today (Oct 31) permitted an 11-year-old sexual assault survivor to terminate her 30-week pregnancy. A vacation bench of Justices Sharmila Deshmukh and Jitendra Jain said the minor shall undergo the procedure for termination on Thursday itself at the state-run J J hospital here. The girl had moved HC through her father seeking permission to end the pregnancy.