Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Indian legislation
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| gptkbp:allowsTerminationUpTo |
20 weeks (original)
24 weeks (after 2021 amendment, for certain categories) |
| gptkbp:amendedBy |
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002
Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021 |
| gptkbp:appliesTo |
women in India
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| gptkbp:beganIn |
1 April 1972
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| gptkbp:conditionsForTermination |
grave injury to physical or mental health of woman
pregnancy caused by rape risk to life of woman substantial risk of child being born with serious physical or mental abnormalities failure of contraceptive device (for married women, later extended to unmarried women) |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:India
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
10 August 1971
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_India
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
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| gptkbp:longTitle |
An Act to provide for the termination of certain pregnancies by registered medical practitioners and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
No
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| gptkbp:requires |
termination by registered medical practitioner
|
| gptkbp:shortName |
MTP Act
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| gptkbp:subject |
abortion law
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| gptkbp:website |
https://legislative.gov.in/actsofparliamentfromtheyear/medical-termination-pregnancy-act-1971
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare,_India
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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