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HC denies nod to woman for termination of 26-week pregnancy
MUMBAI [Maha Media]: The Bombay High Court on Monday denied permission to a 28-year-old woman to terminate her 26-week pregnancy citing "judicial conscience" and highlighting the lack of mechanisms to ensure the biological father shares equal social castigation women face in such cases.
The petitioner claimed she was impregnated by her friend while she was going through divorce with her estranged husband.
A division bench of Justices A S Gadkari and Neela Gokhale expressed anguish over the difficult circumstances in which women such as the petitioner find themselves while highlighting the lack of effective mechanisms to ensure that the biological father shares equal responsibility.
