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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Safety — NEET Biology

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MTPs are considered relatively safe during the first trimester, i.e., upto 12 weeks of pregnancy. Second trimester abortions are much more riskier. One disturbing trend observed is that a majority of the MTPs are performed illegally by unqualified quacks which are not only unsafe but could be fatal too. Another dangerous trend is the misuse of amniocentesis to determine the sex of the unborn child. Frequently, if the foetus is found to be female, it is followed by MTP- this is totally against what is legal.

🖼️Related NCERT figure: A text box containing information about The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2017 enacted by the government of India. (The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2017 was enacted by the government of India with the intension of reducing the incidence of illegal abortion and consequent maternal mortality and morbidity. According to this Act, a pregnancy may be terminated on certain considered grounds within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy on the opinion of one registered medical practitioner. If the pregnancy has lasted more than 12 weeks, two registered medical practitioners must be of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the required ground exist. The grounds for such termination of pregnancies are: (i) The continuation of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury physical or mental health; or (ii) There is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.)
NCERT Biology · Class 12 · Chapter 3 · Paragraph 22
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Select correct statements: 1. MTP stands for Medical Termination of Pregnancy 2. MTPs are mainly performed to promote female fertility 3. Amniocentesis is often misused to determine fetal sex 4. Unsafe MTPs are mostly conducted by qualified gynaecologists

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