What is the ruling on aborting a deformed fetus that has exceeded 120 days, after the Turkish authorities refused abortion at an earlier stage and medical examinations were delayed, considering the resulting health and psychological harm to the wife?
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Aborting the fetus after 120 days of pregnancy due to a deformity is not permissible, unless a reliable medical committee certifies that the fetus's continued presence poses a definite threat to the mother's life; in that case, abortion is permissible. However, before 120 days, it is permissible for the parents to request the abortion of a severely deformed fetus that is incurable.
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