2021

The MTP Amendment Act is a legislation.


2020

The MTP Amendment Bill 2020 was passed in Lok Sabha.


2011

Census reveals decline in the child sex ratio to 914 females against 1,000 males.


2003

MTP Act is amended to enable women’s accessibility to safe and legal abortion services.


1994

Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act was passed to stop female foeticides, arrest the declining sex ratio in India, and ban prenatal sex determination.


1971

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act was passed in the Parliament, legalising termination of pregnancy under  a broad range of conditions by registered medical practitioners.