Medical Termination of Pregnancy — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptIntentional or voluntary termination of pregnancy before full term is called medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) or induced abortion. Nearly 45 to 50 million MTPs are performed in a year all over the world which accounts to 1/5th 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 legalised MTP in 1971 with some strict conditions to avoid its misuse. Such restrictions are all the more important to check indiscriminate and illegal female foeticides which are reported to be high in India.
Assertion (A): Exactly 45-50 million MTPs are performed worldwide each year. Reason (R): MTPs account for approximately one-fifth of all conceived pregnancies annually.
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Correct answer: D — If the assertion is false but the reason is true.
NCERT states “Nearly 45 to 50 million MTPs are performed in a year all over the world which accounts to 1/5th of the total number of conceived pregnancies in a year.” The Assertion removes “Nearly” making it false - the figure is an approximation, not exact. The Reason is independently true from NCERT about the proportion of pregnancies.
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