India, Oct. 25 -- The Parliament has amended the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971. The Amendment Act of the Parliament received the assent of the President on 25th March and came into force from 24th September.
The Amendment inserts a clause defining or explaining termination of pregnancy: "termination of pregnancy" means a procedure to terminate a pregnancy by using medical or surgical methods. (Clause (e))
Whereas in the MTP Act of 1971 termination of pregnancy, that is abortion, was legal only up to 20 weeks, by this Amendment, now it is legal up to 24 weeks, if a registered medical practitioner decides in good faith that -
i) "the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or g...