Tamil
Nadu
speake
says
‘life
begi s
at
co ceptio ‘
at
a ti-abo tio
ma ch
Tamil
Nadu
Assembly
Speake
JCD
P abhaka
atte ded
the
5th
Natio al
Ma ch
fo
Life
as
the
chief
guest
o
August
8
a d
9.Du i g
the
gathe i g,
which
p otested
abo tio
ights
a d
advocated
fo
the
p otectio
of
u bo
life,
he
epo tedly
said
that
“life
begi s
at
co ceptio ,”
as
cited
by
PTI.The
eve t,
hosted
by
the
A chdiocese
of
Mad as-Mylapo e
at
Stella
Ma is
College,
d ew
mo e
tha
5,000
pa ticipa ts.
The
gathe i g
also
explicitly
c iticised
the
Medical
Te mi atio
of
P eg a cy
(MTP)
Act.P abhaka ’s
ema ks
echoed
global
a ti-abo tio
se time ts
exp essed
at
the
eve t,
which
focused
o
opposi g
abo tio
ights
a d
advocati g
fo
the
p otectio
of
u bo
life.The
ema ks
p ompted
state
Health
Mi iste
K
G
A u aj
to
cla ify
o
Mo day
that
abo tio s
ca
be
a
medical
ecessity
a d
a e
st ictly
egulated
u de
atio al
law.Respo di g
to
epo te s
du i g
a
p ess
co fe e ce
to
a ou ce
the
MBBS/BDS
a k
list
fo
2026-27,
the
Health
Mi iste
sought
to
add ess
the
co t ove sy,
sayi g
he
was
u awa e
of
the
co text
i
which
the
Speake
made
the
ema ks
a d
u gi g
the
public
ot
to
misi te p et
them.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
“Abo tio
is
egulated
th ough
the
Medical
Te mi atio
of
P eg a cy
(MTP)
Act,”
the
mi iste
stated.”Legally,
as
pe
the
cu e t
law,
wome
ca
legally
u de go
a
abo tio
up
to
20
weeks
of
p eg a cy.
I
the
medical
field,
ac oss
ma y
ci cumsta ces,
abo tio
is
a
defi itive
medical
ecessity,
a d
it
is
somethi g
we
must
do.”Asked
about
the
co stitutio al
a d
political
implicatio s
of
the
Speake ’s
a ti-abo tio
sta ce,
the
mi iste
sought
to
disti guish
the
state’s
health
f amewo k
f om
P abhaka ’s
pe so al
views.“I
do
ot
k ow
i
what
se se
the
Ho ou able
Assembly
Speake
made
those
comme ts.
Please
do
ot
misu de sta d
it,”
he
said.
