The Supreme Court today allowed a woman to terminate her pregnancy, relying on a medical report that the 26-week-old foetus was without a skull and would not be able to survive.<br/><br/>The apex court noted that the report submitted by a medical board clearly suggested that there was no point in allowing the pregnancy to run its full course and it could pose severe mental injury to the 26-year-old woman.<br/><br/>The medical board of Mumbai-based Sir JJ Hospital, where the woman was examined in pursuance to the court's order, said that she wanted to terminate the pregnancy as the foetus was not likely to survive and it was causing immense mental agony to her.<br/><br/>A bench comprising justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao said that considering it appropriate in the interest of justice and particularly, to permit the petitioner to undergo medical termination of her pregnancy under the provisions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.<br/><br/>It directed that the termination of pregnancy would be performed by the doctors of the hospital where she underwent a medical check-up. The woman had moved the court for permission to terminate her pregnancy.<br/><br/>Section 3(2)(b) of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act prohibits abortion of a foetus after 20 weeks of pregnancy.