Medical Termination of Pregnancy
Amendment Bill
1)
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and the Health Ministry are
headed for a face-off over MTP Amendment Bill.
2)
The tussle is over the plan under the bill to allow Ayurveda, Yoga
& Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy practitioners and paramedical
staff to perform abortions.
3)
The government is of the view that expanding the provider base with
strict conditionalities would enhance access and availability of safe abortion services
without compromising on quality of service.
4)
The requisite training and certification, which would be specified
in the rules, would be provided to the AYUSH practitioners for allowing them to perform the
procedure.
5)
Oppositions from States :
i.
States like Kerala have said they do not have shortage of doctors
of modern medicine for posting in primary health centres.
ii.
Goa strongly opposed the matter.
iii.
Rajasthan said initiating registration of AYUSH doctors in State
Medical Register will complicate matters and dilute the efforts of bringing
them into the mainstream.
6)
Under NRHM, services of AYUSH practitioners are utilised for
providing essential newborn care services, managing
common childhood illness, counselling on family planning methods and most importantly, they render their services as Skilled Birth Attendants.
common childhood illness, counselling on family planning methods and most importantly, they render their services as Skilled Birth Attendants.
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