That, unfortunately, is not how the Indian Medical Association’s proposal to the government and parliamentarians — to fully repeal the Pre-Conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 — can be described. The IMA said the ban on sex determination has achieved little by way of tackling the actual problem of sex-selective abortions and trapped doctors under an avalanche of paperwork in which even minor mistakes can cost them dearly. A mere look at census data on India’s sex ratio reveals its appallingly skewed nature as well as its steady deterioration. As if this were not enough, another estimate by the government showed that the numbers declined from 906 in 2012-14 to 900 in 2013-15. These factors include the lack of education and awareness as well as the societal and cultural attitude towards girl children in India.

Source: The Telegraph May 10, 2019 03:11 UTC