New Delhi, July 21: In an order of far-reaching implications, the Supreme Court today allowed a mentally- challenged orphan and rape victim to give birth to her child saying nature will give protection to them.
“We are not in favour of termination of pregnancy,” a three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said overturning a Punjab and Haryana High Court order directing the termination of pregnancy of the 19-year-old girl, who was raped at a Nari Niketan (Women’s Home) run by the Chandigarh Administration.
Her mental age, according to psychiatrists, is said to be between 7 and 9 years with an IQ of that age group.
“We stay the operation of the High Court order,” the Bench, also comprising Justices P Sathasivam and B S Chauhan said in a short order.
—-IANS