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Govt hikes abortion limit to 24 weeks in key cases

If the pregnancy has to be terminated in 20 weeks, the opinion of one doctor is required.

which mandated that MTPs be performed only at government hospitals or hospitals and clinics recognised by the state for the same.

The woman already has a five-yr-old boy with Down’s Syndrome.

The girl, who is now in the 24th week of her pregnancy, was raped earlier this year.

MTP is allowed provided if it fits into five conditions mentioned in the law and allowed only up to 20-weeks only.

The girl had later delivered, but the baby boy expired after a few days.

The police took action against the couple after receiving a complaint against them from a Solapur-based civil surgeon M.R. Pattanshetty.

The PMO has instead asked the ministry to strengthen the existing MTP and Pre Conception-Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act.

As per recent BMC data collated from registered MTP centres, over 40,000 women underwent medical or surgical abortion over the past year.