Supreme Court orders the examination of 10-year old rape victim

India’s Supreme Court has ordered doctors to examine a pregnant 10-year-old rape victim whose parents want permission for her to abort her baby.

The child is reported to be twenty-six weeks pregnant and doctors say her body is not developed enough to carry a baby. Indian law does not allow terminations after twenty weeks unless doctors confirm the mother’s life is in danger.

The pregnant girl alleges she was raped several times in the past seven months by her uncle, who has now been arrested.

She will be examined by doctors on Wednesday who will, in turn, advise the Supreme Court in the country on how much risk she faces by either carrying the baby to term or having an abortion.