About one quarter of India's population comprises girl children up to the age of 19 years. Today's girl is tomorrow's mother. However, she is discriminated socially, psychologically, economically and in violation of the law.

Lack of systematic date from India regarding an important aspect of women's mental and reporductive health necessitates an in depth evaluation and assessment of this area.

The extensive changes that occur in women during pregnancy influence the need for different nutrients and the efficiency with which the body uses them. Brown has indicated that the diet of a pregnant women should provide the vast majority of her nutrient need in required amounts.

The Indonesian Ministry of Health approved the general use of Norplantâ implants in January 1986, and the process of introducing them into the national program was begun in 1987.

Medical termination of pregnancy or MTP is a well-utilized procedure today especially in the urban areas of India. As such, therefore, a large number of women would be involved if post-MTP complications were to occur frequently.

Some ten percent of marriages are said to be infertile. As cures for infertility have had very limited success, methods of artificial conception are fast gaining ground. The use of these methods, however, gives rise to legal and moral issues. P. M.