Petitioner:	Respondent:
Specialty: Obstretics & Gynecology	Jurisdiction: Original
State: Himachal Pradesh	District: Lahaul & Spiti

The petitioner aged 19 years, having mild to moderate mental retardation, and an unfortunate mother has approached HP High Court for seeking a direction to the Medical Superintendent, Kamla Nehru Hospital for Mother and Child, Shimla to arrange for abortion of a foetus in her womb on the grounds interalia that it is risky for her to complete the normal period of pregnancy and deliver child on the due date. [Para 1]