Kerala: 12-year-old girl 34 weeks pregnant, HC rejects abortion petition; know details

Kerala High Court has rejected the petition of a 12-year-old girl for abortion. The court says that the fetus is 34 weeks old. Therefore, abortion cannot be approved at this stage. The girl had a relationship with her minor brother, due to which she became pregnant and now she has sought permission to abort the pregnancy in this matter before the Kerala High Court.

A 12-year-old minor had petitioned the court that she should be allowed medical abortion. In this case, the Kerala High Court had ordered the formation of a medical board to examine the pregnancy of the girl. After the formation of the medical board, it was revealed that the girl was 34 weeks pregnant and in such a situation, she could be allowed to have an abortion because of her young age and it would not affect her mental and physical health. However, the court asked for re-investigation on this.

Instead of abortion, the medical board suggested to the court that the child's womb should be removed through operation after 2-3 weeks because she is completely healthy to give birth to a child. In such a situation, the court refused to allow abortion considering the development of the pregnancy and other reasons.