AYUSH doctors may soon have legal status as MTP P roviders, if the government recommended an amendment to the 1971 MTP Act Bill is approved by the parliament. This news has definitely not gone well with the modern medicine practitioners, who believe that any traditional medicine practitioners should not be allowed to conduct any modern medicine procedures.
In a recent turn of events, the health ministry has suggested an amendment in the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act, 1971 and recommended addition of medical practitioners with bachelor’s degree in Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha or Homeopathy that are working in the public sector with intention to increase the availability of safe and legal abortion services. The health ministry has proposed this amendment in an effort to increase the number of legal MTP providers and to ensure safe abortion services for women especially in rural…
