mumbai the bombay high court has allowed a 13yearold rape survivor from pune to terminate her 26week pregnancy the survivor lives with her mother on a pavement near bund garden locality she had been raped by a stranger when she had gone to a public toilet a bench of justices shantanu kemkar and makarand karnik heard the girls petition which had been filed through her mother seeking direction to terminate the pregnancy which is beyond the permissible legal limit of 20 weeks since the girl had been threatened by the rapist her pregnancy was revealed to a nongovernmental organisation rainbow home only at 24 weeks after a criminal offence was lodged the accused was arrested the court initially directed the medical board of punes sassoon hospital to examine her but there was no clear opinion on whether there is a risk to her life on april 27 at the insistance of her advocate saranga ugalmugle a medical board of the state governmentrun j j hospital was directed to once again examine the girlthe report of the j j hospital board states that though there is no abnormality detected at present in the foetus it is not advisable to continue with the pregnancy as it may endanger her life the report also said that the girl is likely to develop pregnancyrelated complications including anaemia and hypertension and its psychological impact on her at 26 weeks of gestation termination of pregnancy also carries risk to the mother minor however continuation of pregnancy would be riskier hence it is advisable to terminate the pregnancy the report has concludedthe judges in their order dated may 4 2018 also noted that the psychiatrists report states that the minor is very anguished with the pregnancy having regard to her age the trauma she has suffered because of the alleged sexual abuse and agony which she is going through and will continue to go through all through her life the report and her fundamental right to life the judges said it will be appropriate and in the interest of justice to permit medical termination of pregnancy they directed the dean of jj hospital to carry out the medical termination of the pregnancy within a day or two