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Moreover, as per legal terms, we cannot abort the foetus that had crossed 24 weeks of time. She was brought to District Legal Service Aid (DLSA) by a local NGO.The court immediately conducted a medical board of doctors and asked it to submit a report within 24 hours. However, she wants to hand over the child to any childless couple.” After 24 weeks a foetus is alive,” said chief medical officer Dr Vinod Kumar.The counsel to the girl said, “She has decided not to move the high court and give birth to the child. Ambala: A special court of judicial magistrate first class on Friday denied a 19-year-old girl’s petition to abort her 28-week-old foetus.The court had given its decision over an appeal filed by the girl on Thursday, who urged the court to abort her foetus as she was unmarried and would not be able to take care of the child.The girl belongs to a poor Ambala-based family and was working in Chandigarh where she had developed physical relations with a married man.The girl on Thursday refused to lodge any complaint against the man, however, appealed the court to allow her to abort the child..