These services are provided through a large network of government as well as private Medicare institutions.

Viewed in retrospect, the development of hormonal methods of fertility control could be broadly divided into three main phases: (i) development of the oral contraceptive 'Pill based on synthetic ovarian steroid hormones; (ii) the demonstration that continuous oral administration of progestins in

New Reproductive Technologies (NRTs): This term denotes the entire spectrum of modern medical techniques targeted at women's bodies, affecting their control over their bodies, bodily processes or products, they include –
• Sex Selection Techniques

The recent attempts to incorporate injectable contraceptives (ICs) and other longacting contraceptives (LACS) in the National Family Welfare Program (NFWP) are based on a premise, which is totally unscientific, unethical and unjust.