A 16-year-old girl has informed the Bombay High Court that she has decided to continue her 27-week pregnancy to full term, after a medical board found no foetal anomalies or grave risk to her health.

The teenager had approached the court through her father, seeking permission to terminate the pregnancy, which resulted from a relationship she was in. The plea came up before a bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and Sandesh Patil.

A medical board from the state-run JJ Hospital examined the girl and submitted its report to the court. The report stated that there was no foetal anomaly and no grave risk to the physical or mental health of the girl due to the continuation of the pregnancy. It did, however, acknowledge that the pregnancy could cause “social anguish” to the minor as she was u

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