Ahmedabad:&nbsp;Following the Supreme Court's&nbsp;directive, a medical team here this evening gave permission&nbsp;for termination of a minor rape victim's 25-week-old pregnancy&nbsp;though the law allows abortion only until the 20th week.
"A panel of five doctors -- four from civil hospital and&nbsp;a private practitioner -- has given the nod for abortion,"&nbsp;superintendent of the civil hospital M M Prabhakar told PTI.
The Supreme Court had Tuesday last come to the rescue of&nbsp;the 14 years old victim who had been denied permission to&nbsp;abort the foetus by the sessions as well as the High Court.&nbsp;
The apex court said she can undergo abortion if medical&nbsp;experts allow it.&nbsp;The abortion is likely to be performed tomorrow, Prabhakar&nbsp;said.
The girl became pregnant after being allegedly raped by&nbsp;doctor Jatin Mehta whom she had visited for treatment of&nbsp;typhoid earlier this year.&nbsp;
The Supreme Court bench of Justices A R Dave and Kurian&nbsp;Joseph had said it would ask the civil hospital here to get&nbsp;the girl examined by gynaecologists and a clinical&nbsp;psychologist.
"If they say that she has to be operated upon then let&nbsp;them do it with the consent of the girl and her parents," the&nbsp;apex court had said.&nbsp;
Earlier, Gujarat High Court's Justice Abhilasha Kumari had&nbsp;refused permission for abortion on July 24 on the ground that&nbsp;the law does not allow it after 20 weeks of pregnancy.
The girl's father had first moved the sessions court&nbsp;seeking termination of pregnancy, saying she was in no&nbsp;position to take care of the child.&nbsp;
The apex court had also directed that in case of abortion,&nbsp;a DNA test of the foetus should be carried out which can help&nbsp;in the trial of the accused doctor.

Following the SC's&nbsp;directive, a medical team on Thursday gave permission&nbsp;for termination of a minor rape victim's 25-week-old pregnancy&nbsp;though the law allows abortion only until the 20th week

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Following the SC's&nbsp;directive, a medical team on Thursday gave permission&nbsp;for termination of a minor rape victim's 25-week-old pregnancy&nbsp;though the law allows abortion only until the 20th week

Landmark judgement: Medical experts allow minor rape survivor to abort

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