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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers

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Which of the following statements is incorrect regarding the medical termination of pregnancy?
 

Read the given statements and select the correct option.

Statement 1: MTP is considered relatively safe during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Statement 2: Foetus becomes intimately associated with the maternal tissues after the first trimester.
 

Which of the following time period of pregnancy is considered safe for MTP?
 

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) is considered safe up to how many weeks of pregnancy?

Assertion 1: Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) should be legally available to all women

Reason: Women have the right to decide what happens to their own bodies, and this includes the right to terminate a pregnancy if they choose to do so. Denying women access to safe and legal abortion services puts their health and lives at risk. Moreover, the criminalization of abortion does not reduce the number of abortions that take place, but rather drives them underground, where they are often unsafe and put women's health at risk.

At what stage of pregnancy can MTP be performed?

 

What are the potential risks associated with MTP?

 

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Among the given choices, which pill is specifically utilized for abortion purposes?

 

Following statements are given regarding MTP. Choose the correct options given below: -

i. MTPs are generally advised during the first trimester
ii. MTPs are used as a contraceptive method
iii. MTPs are always surgical
iv. MTPs require the assistance of qualified medical personnel

 

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP)

  • Medical termination of pregnancy or abortion is the termination of pregnancy before the foetus becomes viable.
  • The Government of India legalised MTP in 1971.
  • The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2017 was enacted by the Government of India to reduce the incidences of illegal abortion.
  • According to this Act, a pregnancy may be terminated on certain considered grounds within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy on the opinion of one registered medical practitioner.
  • If pregnancy lasted for more than 12 weeks but less than 24 weeks, two registered medical practitioners must be of the opinion. 
  •  The grounds for such termination of pregnancies are:
    • The continuation of pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave physical injury or mental health.
    • There is a considerable risk that if the child were born it would suffer from such mental or physical abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
       

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