IN RARE CASES SOON ABORTION UPTO 24 WEEKS WILL BE ALLOWED IN INDIA

IN RARE CASES SOON ABORTION UPTO 24 WEEKS WILL BE ALLOWED IN INDIA

Prof Dr,DRAM,HIV /AIDS,HEPATITIS ,SEX DISEASES & WEAKNESS expert,New Delhi,India, +917838059592

There is almost after every alternate day there is a case in local or high or supreme court where the victim asks for termination of pregnancy beyond permissible limit of 20 wks for termination of pregnancy or Abortion.The court takes decision itself or constituting a medical Board .

           Therefore, there is  a suggestion from the PM's office to Health Ministry to look this law carefully .So the Centre has made changes to the previously proposed amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had earlier proposed that the maximum time for abortions be raised from the existing 20 weeks to 24 weeks.However, after receiving the proposal, the PMO asked the ministry to address the issue of sex selective abortions.

             As per a report in DNA, the ministry has now sent a revised proposal to the Cabinet, suggesting that the increased time limit should be applied only in rare cases."Only in special cases, which involve rape or violence, or in cases where a medical practitioner diagnoses a threat to the life of the mother, will the increased time limit be applied," said an official in the ministry. The official said that the ministry has now sent the revised draft to the PMO, with a plea to streamline abortions.

         "A set of guidelines will be issued once we get a nod," said the official, DNA reported.Section 5 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act permits a termination after the mandated 20 weeks only if it is "immediately necessary" to save the life of the mother.

          Earlier last week, the Supreme Court rejected a plea to allow a 10-year-old rape survivor to abort a 32-week-old pregnancy, after a medical report stated that the abortion was harmful for both the mother and the child. It directed the government to set up panels to evaluate such requests so that crucial time was not lost while approaching courts.