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The Court held that medical termination of pregnancy was not an option as the foetus had already reached 34 weeks of gestation and was now fully developed.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected a plea to abort a pregnancy that had crossed the threshold of 24 weeks under the MTP Act in view of a report that the foetus is viable.
The Delhi High Court on Friday said it will not permit an unmarried woman to undergo medical termination of pregnancy at 23 weeks, saying it virtually amounts to killing the foetus.
Various US companies like Disney and Facebook-owner Meta have offered abortion travel benefits after the Supreme Court decision on June 24.