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A couple visited a doctor and come to know that their foetus (unborn child) is suffering from an incurable chromosomal disorder. Doctor advised them for MTP?

(i) What is MTP?

(ii) What is its significance?

(iii) Predict the role of MTP in disturbing the sex ratio of the country.

 

Answer:

(i) Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) is the termination of pregnancy before the foetus becomes viable. MTP is comparatively safe upto 12 weeks (the first trimester) of pregnancy.

(ii) Significance of MTP

(a) It helps in getting rid of unwanted pregnancies due to casual unprotected intercourse or failure of the contraceptive used during coitus or rapes.

(b) MTP is helpful in the termination of such. Pregnancies which may be harmful or even fatal either to the mother or to the foetus or to both.

(iii) MTP is being misused to abort even the normal female foetus. Thus, MTPs are disturbing the sex ratio of the country.