Barely eight days after the Bombay High Court gave its ruling on an appeal that had the India divided into two sides, Niketa Mehta, who sought to abort her 25-week-old-foetus has suffered a miscarriage.
Niketa’s appeal caught the nation’s imagination after she sought to terminate her 25-week-old foetus, after medical reports that her child would be born with a complete congenital heart blockage and malpositioned arteries.
The report had claimed that the child would have required a pacemaker soon after birth. The couple had approached the court as the Pregnancy Act of 71 prevented termination of pregnancy after 20 weeks.
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