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What are the conditions in which medical termination of pregnancy is advised?

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What are the conditions in which medical termination of pregnancy is advised?

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  • MTP is used to get rid of unwanted pregnancies either due to casual unprotected intercourse or failure of the contraceptive used during coitus or rapes.
  • MTPs are also essential in certain cases where the continuation of the pregnancy could be harmful or even fatal either to the mother or to the foetus of both.
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Chapter 4: Reproductive Health - SHORT ANSWER [Page 27]

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NCERT Exemplar Biology Exemplar [English] Class 12
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