The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to form a medical board to decide if the pregnancy of a 15-year-old girlcould be terminated safely. The girl, who is over four months pregnant, said that she wanted to terminate the pregnancy to pursue her studies.
The girl had earlier run away from home and got married. The court directed the AIIMS to submit its report by December 22.
The girl was missing since March 31 after she left home following an altercation with her mother. She was found in Narora village in Bulandsher district of Uttar Pradesh after her parents moved the High Court.
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While the man whom she eloped was been taken into custody on November 27, the girl was sent to the Prayas Juvenile Aid Centre as she initially refused to return to her parents. Later, she went back to her parents.
On December 8, 2017 she appeared before the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and expressed desire to undergo medical procedure to terminate her pregnancy.
When she was sent for medical examination at AIIMS on December 13, she retracted from her previous statement saying that she was “not willing for abortion and her pregnancy is a result of marriage”.
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