law: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971
  3. When pregnancies may be terminated by
  
  registered medical practitioners. -
  (1) Not with standing anything contained in
  
  the Indian Penal Code  (45 of 1860), a registered medical practitioner
  
  shall not guilty of any offence under that Code or under any other law for the
  
  time being in force, if any under that pregnancy is terminated by him in
  
  accordance with the provisions of this Act.
  (2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section
  
  (4), a pregnancy may be terminated by a registered medical practitioner.-
  (a) where the length
  
  of the pregnancy does not exceed twelve weeks if such medical practitioner is,
  
  or
  (b) Where the length
  
  of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not exceed twenty weeks, if not
  
  less than two registered medical practitioners are, of opinion, formed in
  
  good faith, that,-
  ( i )
  
  the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the
  
  pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health , or
  (ii) there is a
  
  substantial risk that If the child were born. it would suffer from such
  
  physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
  Explanation 1.- Where any pregnancy is
  
  alleged by the pregnant woman to have been caused by rape, the anguish caused
  
  by such  pregnancy shall be presumed to constitute a grave injury to the
  
  mental health of the pregnant woman.
  Explanation 2.- Where any pregnancy
  
  occurs as a result of failure of any device or method used by any married woman
  
  or her husband for the purpose of limiting the number of children, the anguish caused
  
  by such unwanted pregnancy may be presumed to constitute a grave injury to the
  
  mental health of the pregnant woman.
  (3)  In determining whether the
  
  continuance of pregnancy would involve such risk of injury to the health as is
  
  mentioned in  sub-section (2), account may be taken of  the
  
  pregnant woman's  actual or reasonable foreseeable environment.
  (4) (a) No pregnancy of a woman, who has not
  
  attained the age of eighteen years, or, who, having attained the age of
  
  eighteen years. is a lunatic shall be terminated except with the consent in
  
  writing of her guardian.
  (b) Save as otherwise
  
  provided in CI.(a), no pregnancy shall be terminated except with the consent of
  
  the pregnant woman.