Summary:
The medical report, it said, suggested that the “prognosis of the baby would be better if it is delivered near term. In the Right to Life under Article 21, the division bench said, the term “life” means more than mere animal existence. The mother then moved the division bench.The division bench factored in two key aspects while upholding the woman’s plea to abort her 29-week-old foetus. It said the medical report also points out that the child, if born, will have an uncertain life.The medical report had tested positive for Down Syndrome, malformations in nasal bone, stomach, ventricle and umbilical chord. She had also mentioned in her petition that trying to raise the child, her second, would be mentally and physically traumatic for her..