Paul Mandira, Danielsson Kristina Gemzell, Essén Birgitta, Allvin Marie Klingberg
Department of Women's and Children's Health, Uppsala University, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala, Sweden;
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Glob Health Action. 2015 Mar 30;8:27512. doi: 10.3402/gha.v8.27512. eCollection 2015.
With the objective to improve access to safe abortion services in India, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, with approval of the Law Ministry, published draft amendments of the MTP Act on October 29, 2014. Instead of the expected support, the amendments created a heated debate within professional medical associations of India. In this commentary, we review the evidence in response to the current discourse with regard to the amendments. It would be unfortunate if unsubstantiated one-sided arguments would impede the intention of improving access to safe abortion care in India.
为改善印度安全堕胎服务的可及性,卫生与福利部在法律部批准后,于2014年10月29日公布了《医疗终止妊娠法案》的修订草案。然而,修订案并未得到预期的支持,反而在印度专业医学协会内部引发了激烈辩论。在本评论中,我们针对当前有关修订案的讨论审视相关证据。如果毫无根据的片面论点阻碍了改善印度安全堕胎护理可及性的意图,那将是不幸的。