Question

According to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy(Amendment) Act, 2017 pregnancy may be terminated only below .......... weeks of maternal age with the opinion of a registered medical practitioner

• A. 13 weeks
• B. 14 weeks
• C. 24 weeks
• D. 12 weeks

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

12 weeks

According to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2017 pregnancy may be terminated only below 12 weeks of maternal age with the opinion of a registered medical practitioner . After 12 weeks , abortions will only be carried out on the grounds of a serious risk to the health or the life of the mother . Also there is a list of guidelines setup by the the medical termination act of 1971 which one has to follow while doing the same .

So the correct option is '12 weeks' .