Discussion
Consider the following statements :
1. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill 2020 seeks to amend The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.
2. The Bill sets up State level Medical Boards to decide if a pregnancy may be terminated after 24 weeks in case of substantial foetal abnormalities.
3. The Bill specifies that survivors of rape, victims of incest and other vulnerable women like differently abled women and minors will now be able to opt for abortion up to 28 weeks on the advice of two doctors.
Choose the correct statement(s) :
Answer: B
Statements 1 and 2 are correct, so the answer is Only 1 and 2.
The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 sought to amend the MTP Act, 1971 (1). It provided for State-level Medical Boards to decide whether a pregnancy may be terminated after 24 weeks on account of substantial foetal abnormalities (2).
Statement 3 is wrong on the limit. For special categories of women, such as survivors of rape, victims of incest, differently abled women and minors, the Bill raised the limit from 20 to 24 weeks, on the opinion of two doctors, not to 28 weeks. So options including statement 3 fail.
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