The Supreme Court has allowed a woman to abort her 31-week foetus after it was detected that both its kidneys were not functioning.
A bench headed by Justice A K Sikri and comprising justices A M Sapre and Ashok Bhushan, relied on a report of the medical board of Mumbai-based J J Hospital, where the woman was examined.
Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.