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Mumbai rains delay tests of 13-year-old seeking abortion

However, due to incessant rains on Tuesday, the family, residents of Kandivli — about 31 km away from the hospital —couldn't go for the tests

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The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed a 20-year-old Pune-based woman to terminate her 24-week-foetus which was growing without a skull and a brain.

The bench of Justices SA Bobde and L Nageswara Rao relied on a report submitted by a medical board, which said that there was "complete absence of brain and skull" of the foetus and the chances of survival was minimal.

The top court, however, was unable to deliberate on another plea for abortion, filed by the parents of a 13-year-old rape survivor, who is more than seven months pregnant. The matter was postponed to Monday because the medical board was unable to conduct its tests as directed by the court.

"Tuesday's deluge in Mumbai threw things off gear," advocate Sneha Mukherjee, who is representing the parents in this case, said. On Monday, the top court had ordered a medical board at JJ Hospital to examine the feasibility of an abortion for the 13-year-old.

However, due to incessant rains on Tuesday, the family, residents of Kandivli — about 31 km away from the hospital —couldn't go for the tests.

The family will go for the tests as ordered on Friday. Any additional delay merely complicates the matter since the minor is already way past her seventh month of pregnancy.

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