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Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. To how many weeks has the limit of termination of pregnancy been increased?

Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. To how many weeks has the limit of termination of pregnancy been increased? Correct Answer 24

  • Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020.
  • The bill will amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.
  • For Medical termination of pregnancy, permission will be needed, from two doctors and one of them must be a government doctor.
  • The limit of termination of pregnancy has been increased from 20 weeks to 24 weeks.
  • The Bill proposes for the requirement for opinion of one provider for termination of pregnancy up to 20 weeks of gestation and introducing the requirement of opinion of two providers for termination of pregnancy of 20-24 weeks of gestation.

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