This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
For MTP consent is taken from 
Select and explain. 
A. Wife only, B. Husband only, C. Both, D. Neither
A: Wife only
Answer: A: Wife only 
Explanation: 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.