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description: "The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 liberalizes abortion laws in India by allowing 24-week terminations for specific women."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 is an Indian statute that liberalised abortion law by raising the gestational limit to 24 weeks for specified categories of women.
- What is the maximum gestational limit for abortion under the MTP (Amendment) Act 2021?
- How does the 2021 amendment change the 1971 Act's thresholds?
- What is the role of the Medical Board under the Act?
- Does the MTP Act give Indian women a right to abortion on demand?

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## Timeline

1. 17 March 2020

   The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, the parent statute that first decriminalised…

2. 16 March 2021

   The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, the parent statute that first decriminalised…

3. 25 March 2021

   The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, the parent statute that first decriminalised…

4. 24 September 2021

   The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act 2021 amends the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act 1971, the parent statute that first decriminalised…

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In 2022, the Supreme Court of India in X v. Principal Secretary held that unmarried women are entitled to terminate pregnancies between 20 and 24 weeks under the MTP (Amendment) Act 2021, ending the married-unmarried distinction.

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