New Delhi: Eight days after the Bombay High Court gave its ruling [Read Story] on an appeal that spurred a debate on medical ethics in India, Niketa Mehta – the woman who sought to abort her 25-week foetus – suffered a miscarriage on Tuesday.
Niketa, who was in her 27th week of pregnancy, complained of severe pain on Tuesday night and was rushed to the hospital where she is believed to have lost the baby.
Niketa's husband Haresh blamed the intense media scrutiny for her worsening health. The seven-month old foetus was buried at a municipal corporation-run centre in Mumbai.
The Bombay High Court had earlier rejected Niketa Mehta's plea to abort her foetus after it was diagnosed with congenital heart problem.
Saurabh Dani, the doctor at Ankur Hospital, where Niketa's foetus was aborted due to miscarriage, has given reasons and possibilities of this happening even after 20 weeks.
“As far as her case is concerned, yes, she had a problem that just could not be detected much before this medical termination and couldn’t be put in the category of Medical Termination of Pregnancy. That is why she probably didn’t have an option. She had two options for which any other general public either would go to a place where a doctor is ready to do it illegally. But a normal doctor who does not practice illegal medicine would not want to do something like that. She didn’t have an option but to do a legal way,” says Dani.
In the meanwhile, the other doctors of the hospital said that a favourable law could have helped the Mehtas from avoiding the mental agony.
"Yes I think we need to change it. Many countries have already done that. People say there can be misuse, but what misuse can be done after 20 weeks can also be done before 20 weeks," says Dani.
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