‘X’ approached her gynecologist to terminate her pregnancy of six weeks. The doctor refused to abort the fetus and referred X to an IVF specialist who in turn asked her to carry the fetus to full term and give birth to the baby. The IVF specialist refused to give her a medical kit citing that she was far too long in her pregnancy.
‘X’ purchased a medical kit from a pharmacy and self-medicated. According to The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act (Amendment), 2002, certain circumstances that qualify an abortion as legal when: The pregnancy involves a risk to the life of the fetus Pregnancy continuation is a risk to the pregnant woman or causes grave injury to her physical or mental health The pregnancy is caused due to rape It is caused due to the failure of contraceptives used by a married woman A doctor from the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (IOG), Egmore, Chennai says “…
