A 32 weeks pregnant rape victim had to wait for three hours outside the Doctors room for him to
give his confirmation for tests to be conducted for her abortion. The girl was raped by a man
repeatedly who promised to marry her, but left her when he came to know about the pregnancy.
“We were asked to wait outside CMO’s office for three hours at Maharana Pratap common district
hospital on Tuesday and in the evening they told us to come back on Thursday,” the girl’s father was
quoted as saying in a report.
The chief medical officer Vijay Yadav said that the girl’s case could not be taken up as he was busy
with ‘tehsil diwas’. The doctor did not even ask his subordinates to conduct the tests, the father added.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, the girl is 32 weeks pregnant and the pregnancy
termination laws allow abortion only after doctor’s confirmation.
The ultra sound reports are required for the CMO to take a decision based on the condition of the
girl and other medical aspects of her pregnancy.
The lower court and a fast-track court had denied permission to the rape victim to abort after which
the family approached the High Court, and on August 29, the Allahabad HC asked the girl’s father to file
an application before the CMO, who will take the appropriate decision.
