India SC allows abortion for child rape victim

India's top court yesterday allowed a 13-year-old rape survivor to have a late abortion after lawyers said carrying the baby to full term would cause her trauma and agony. The girl is 32 weeks pregnant, well beyond India's 20-week legal limit after which terminations are only allowed where there is a danger to the life of the mother or the baby. Local media reports say one of her father's colleagues has been arrested on charges of raping her.