Discuss lawful standards for $\rm {MTP}$.
Discuss lawful standards for $\rm {MTP}$.
Generally $45$ to $50$ million $MTPs$ are performed in a year all over the world which accounts to $1 / 5$ th of the total number of conceived pregnancies in a year.
Whether to accept / legalise $MTP$ or not is being debated upon in many countries due to emotional ethical, religious and social issues involved in it.
Government of India legalized $MTP$ in $1971$ with some strict conditions to avoid its misuse.
The law of $MTP$ was improved in $2017 .$
According to this law, a pregnant women can undergo $MTP$ up to $12$ weeks of pregnancy by a certified doctor. But if pregnancy is more than $12$ weeks and less than $24$ weeks then by advice of two doctors $MTP$ can be done.
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Give advantages - disadvantages of $\rm {MTP}$.
Give advantages - disadvantages of $\rm {MTP}$.
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and other is labelled as Reason $R$.
Assertion $A$ : Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme.
Reason $R$ : Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion $A$ and other is labelled as Reason $R$.
Assertion $A$ : Amniocentesis for sex determination is one of the strategies of Reproductive and Child Health Care Programme.
Reason $R$ : Ban on amniocentesis checks increasing menace of female foeticide.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- [NEET 2023]
Medical Termination of Pregnancy $(MTP)$ is considered safe up to how many weeks of pregnancy?
Medical Termination of Pregnancy $(MTP)$ is considered safe up to how many weeks of pregnancy?
- [AIPMT 2011]
$A$ : Nearly $20\;\%$ of the total pregnancies get aborted world-wide.
$R$ : Under $MTP$ Act, $1971$ medical termination of pregnancy can be done upto $20$ weeks but it is safe upto $12\; weeks$ of pregnancy
$A$ : Nearly $20\;\%$ of the total pregnancies get aborted world-wide.
$R$ : Under $MTP$ Act, $1971$ medical termination of pregnancy can be done upto $20$ weeks but it is safe upto $12\; weeks$ of pregnancy
What are the conditions in which medical termination of pregnancy is advised ?
What are the conditions in which medical termination of pregnancy is advised ?