Reproductive Health Question 13
13. One of the legal methods of birth control is :
[NEET 2013]
(a) by abstaining from coitus from day 10 to 17 of the menstrual cycle
(b) by having coitus at the time of day break
(c) by a premature ejaculation during coitus
(d) abortion by taking an appropriate medicine
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Answer : d
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(d) Medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) or induced abortion become legal in India from 1971 with some strict conditions to avoid its misuse. Such restrictions are important to check indiscriminate and illegal female foeticides which are reported to be high in India. All the other options are of natural methods of contraception.
