The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: Need to keep pace with technology

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dc.contributor.authorNimbalkar, Somashekhar Marutiraoen_US
dc.contributor.authorPatel, Dharti Sanjayen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-10T01:25:26Z
dc.date.available2020-04-10T01:25:26Z
dc.date.issued2019-01
dc.description.abstractIn the summer of 2017, the Supreme Court of India denied permission to abort a 26-week-old foetus, detected with Down syndrome at 22 weeks, to a family which already had a child with special needs, on the grounds that the 20-week mark specified in The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act of 1971 had been crossed. An Act well formulated and ahead of its time at inception seems not to have kept pace with technology and to be in need of change. We argue that by denying the abortion the Court did not adhere to the core principle of ethics—respect for autonomy, beneficence, non-malfeasance, and justice—as the mother was not allowed to decide for herself and was forced to abide by the decision taken by the court.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat 388 325, India, somu_somu@yahoo.comen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Paediatrics, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Gujarat 388 325 India, dhartisanjay@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.citationNimbalkar Somashekhar Marutirao, Patel Dharti Sanjay. The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: Need to keep pace with technology. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. 2019 JAN; 4(1): 59-64en_US
dc.identifier.issn0974-8466 
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/195171
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherForum for Medical Ethics Societyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume4en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2018.096en_US
dc.titleThe Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act: Need to keep pace with technologyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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