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Cabinet nod for raising abortion limit to 24 weeks
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- The Union Cabinet recently approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. The Bill will be introduced in the coming session of Parliament.
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- Amendments
(1) Increasing the Gestation Limit: According to a release, the proposed amendment seeks to enhance the upper gestation limit from 20 to 24 weeks for special categories of women.
(2) Special Categories of Women: it will be defined in the amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules and will include “vulnerable women including survivors of rape, victims of incest” and others like differently abled women and minors.
(3) Exceptions: Also, the upper gestation limit will not apply to cases of substantial foetal abnormalities diagnosed by the Medical Board.
(4) Details of the Women: Name and other particulars of a woman whose pregnancy has been terminated shall not be revealed except to a person authorised in any law for the time being in force.
Sources
The Hindu