Ian Rintoul, from the Refugee Action Coalition, says it was a deeply concerning case.
"I think they have recognised at the very least the extreme psychological
trauma that Nauru has inflicted on Salima and the impossibility in her
mind of being able to go ahead with having a baby in the conditions on
Nauru," Mr Rintoul said.
He says pregnant women should not be held in offshore detention centres, but the Minister denies the conditions were to blame.
"The
Government rejects any suggestion that Australia's offshore processing
policy provides any legitimate medical grounds for a parent to choose to
have an abortion," Mr Morrison's statement said.
"This is yet another outrageous claim."
Mr Johnson said the couple is now in detention in Darwin.
"I
have briefly spoken with the psychiatrist who examined her last
Wednesday and that is in fact since I have last seen her," Mr Johnson
said.
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