New Delhi: The parliament on Tuesday (March 16) handed a Bill that seeks to raise the upper limit for abortions for sure circumstances.
The passage of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 in Rajya Sabha would guarantee a rise within the upper limit for abortions from 20 to 24 weeks for sure classes of ladies.
The amended act will regulate situations beneath which a being pregnant could also be aborted and will increase the time interval inside which the method could also be carried out.
The Bill additionally seeks to take away limits within the case of considerable foetal abnormalities.
The Bill was handed within the Lok Sabha in March final 12 months.
Some members of the upper home opposed the passage and demanded the Bill be despatched to a choose committee.
During the controversy, some members of events together with the Samajwadi Party, the Shiv Sena, and the Communist Party of India-Marxist had been of the view that the invoice needs to be despatched to a choose committee because it lacks a privateness clause.
However, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, in his reply, mentioned that no person opposed the invoice and as soon as enacted, it’s going to cut back the trauma and struggling of ladies.
Presently, abortion requires a compulsory opinion of 1 physician whether it is carried out inside 12 weeks of conception and two medical doctors whether it is carried out between 12 and 20 weeks.Â
The new Act will enable abortion to be carried out on the recommendation of 1 physician up to 20 weeks, and in case of up to 24 weeks, two medical doctors’ opinion will probably be sought.
The Bill additionally offers establishing state-level medical boards to resolve if a being pregnant wants to be terminated past 24 weeks in circumstances of foetal abnormalities.
