Times of India: Bhopal: Thursday,
June 13, 2013.
More than
30,000 abortions were carried out in the state in past one year due to failure
of contraceptives. Replying to an RTI query by TOI, the directorate of health
has informed that a total of 34,091 abortions were carried out in state in the
past one year as per the provisions of the MTP Act.
"As per
the act, there are six reasons for which medical termination of pregnancy is
allowed. In nearly 90 per cent of the cases, patients mention failure of
contraceptives as the reason for undergoing MTP," said Dr SK Dwivedi, in
charge of the implementation of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act
in state.
A maximum of
11,296 abortions were carried out in Bhopal, followed by 3,599 in Gwalior,
1,850 in Indore, 1,409 in Jabalpur and 1,278 in Dhar district between January
2012 and January 2013. In all the 50 districts of the state, a total of around
34,091 MTPs were carried out in the same period.
Highly placed
sources in the health department said that though some of the cases of failure
of contraceptives were genuine, many people were giving this reason even while
opting for foeticide after detection of gender.
Once the
abortion is done, it is almost impossible to ascertain whether the
contraceptive that was used failed or not, said sources pleading anonymity.
Health staff can do little in cases where patients cite failure of
contraceptives as the ground for termination of pregnancy, they added.
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