For MTP consent is taken from: (A) Wife only, (B) Husband only, (C) Both, (D) Neither
Answer is A. A i.e. Wife only - MTP Act 1971 allows registered medical practioner with ceified experience (by CMO, of assisting 25 MTP cases) to perform aboion in a licenced setup (Governement or private). The consent of only women is required before conducting aboion; written consent of guardian is required if the women is a minor or mentally ill. Consent of husband is not necessaryQ. - MTP Act 1971 does not allow aboion on poor socioeconomic grounds and if only husband (not mother) is willingQ. Rape; contraceptive failure, use of cytotoxic drugs, risk of delivering seriously handicapped baby, and injury to physical & mental health of mother are valid grounds for MTP.