Defining the Best Interest of a Child: Who Comes First – The Child or the Fetus?

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorDalwai, Samir Hen_US
dc.contributor.authorSoans, Santosh Ten_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-23T07:43:22Z
dc.date.available2020-04-23T07:43:22Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractIn 2017, a 10-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped and impregnated, was denied an abortion on the basis of the Medical Termination ofPregnancy Act 1971. This perspective re-examines this issue while prioritizing the best interest of the child. We recommend that boardsshould be constituted at district-level hospitals, headed by senior pediatricians, and supported by obstetricians, psychologists,neonatologists, medical social workers, and others to decide the course of action – in particular, the outcome, irrespective of the weeksof pregnancy. If not compatible with the child’s life, earlier termination of pregnancy should be considered ensuring the availability ofstate-of-the-art care to the newborn and the young motheren_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsNew Horizons Child Development Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtraen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAJ Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Mangalore, Karnataka; Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationDalwai Samir H, Soans Santosh T. Defining the Best Interest of a Child: Who Comes First – The Child or the Fetus?. Indian Pediatrics. 2018 Oct; 55(10): 853-856en_US
dc.identifier.issn0974-7559
dc.identifier.issn0019-6061
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/199179
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Academy of Pediatricsen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber10en_US
dc.relation.volume55en_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.indianpediatrics.net/oct2018/853.pdfen_US
dc.subjectChildabuseen_US
dc.subjectChildwelfareen_US
dc.subjectPediatriciansen_US
dc.subjectMedicalterminationofpregnancyen_US
dc.subjectTherapeuticabortionen_US
dc.titleDefining the Best Interest of a Child: Who Comes First – The Child or the Fetus?en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
ip2018v55n10p853.pdf
Size:
22.09 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download
Collections
Indian Pediatrics