A woman had approached the Supreme Court in March with a plea to abort her 27-week-old foetus which was diagnosed with a neurological disorder. The court denied her permission to abort. A month after being born, the baby passed away at Mumbai’s KEM Hospital, Hindustan Times reported on Friday.

The foetus was diagnosed with Arnold Chiari Syndrome Type-II , a neurological disorder in which fluid accumulates in the brain and spinal cord. The boy was born with the disorder on 4 July and died 15 days ago. The report quotes doctors saying that children with this disorder have very slim chances of survival.

This comes at a time when the debate around India’s abortion law has intensified. Under the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, abortion is legal only up to 20 weeks of pregnancy.