There is a notice put up in a scanning centre."Sex determination of the foetus is illegal and punishable".Why should such a notice be put up? What are its implications?
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Explanation:
The Act provides for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception. It regulates the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques, like ultrasound and amniocentesis by allowing them their use only to detect : genetic abnormalities. metabolic disorders.
Such notice is issued to prevent the sex determination of the baby, who is still in the mother's womb.
• The implications of such notice are as follows :
- There is a major portion of our society which still wants a male baby and female baby isn't acceptable for them.
- For this reason,they try to do the sex determination of the upcoming baby.
- If they find that the upcoming baby is a female,then they choose forceful abortion ,in order to decline the responsibilities of the female baby.
- To prevent this cruel act of abortion ,the government had already banned the sex determination of baby before his/her birth.