India’s child sex ratio between the ages of zero and six years declined from 927 girls per 1,000 boys in 2001 to 919 girls per 1,000 boys in 2011. This ill-conceived legislation has resulted only in unending harassment of obstetricians and radiologists and has failed to restore the sex ratio in the country,” said Santanu Sen, IMA national president and Trinamul Congress MP. They say the changes in the child sex ratio suggest that prenatal sex disclosure and female foeticide continue in secrecy despite the law. “Presuming that every obstetrician and radiologist is culpable of sex selection and female foeticide is unacceptable,” the IMA said in a statement. It has called for action against quackery and illegal abortion, including female foeticide.

Source: The Telegraph May 05, 2019 22:07 UTC