India, April 1 -- The Bombay high court last Friday allowed a city resident to seek medically abort her 30-week pregnancy after a medical board diagnosed the foetus to be suffering from neurological defects which were likely to have severe defect such as poor vision, intellectual disability, and balance motor weakness making the foetus incompatible with life.

A division bench of justice Revati Mohite-Dere and justice Dr Neela Gokhale was hearing a petition filed by the 29-year-old woman, who wanted to terminate her 30-week pregnancy after discovering the anomalies with the foetus.

The woman learned about the anomalies in March and was subsequently examined by a medical board of the Sir JJ Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College. Th...