Recent amendment in the medical termination of pregnancy act in India: Empowering women's health

Abstract

In 1971, the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was implemented to deal with unsafe abortions, fetal complications, and maternal mortality. In India, it is estimated that more than half of all abortions are unsafe leading to infection, hemorrhages, injury to internal organs, and sometimes maternal death. To address these issues, the MTP Act was amended in 2021 to promote uniformity, accessibility, availability, affordability, and quality of MTP services with appropriate management in case of any adverse event.

Keywords

• comprehensive abortion care
• maternal mortality
• medical termination of pregnancy act
• unsafe abortion