Give information about medical termination of pregnancy.

Intentional or voluntary termination of pregnancy before full term is called medical termination of pregnancy or induced abortion.

First $12$ weeks of pregnancy or $MTP$ done during three months is considered safe. If abortion is done during other three months it is fatal.

The grounds of induced abortion are : $(i)$ The continuation of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury of physical or mental health or $(ii)$ There is a substantial risk that of the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.

$MTP$ is to get rid of unwanted pregnancies either due to casual unprotected intercourse or failure of the contraceptive used during coitus or rapes.