IMA calls for research on PCPNDT Act's effectiveness against female foeticide amid legalisation debate
Published On : 2024-11-16T15:18:59+0530 [ IST ] |
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is calling for research to assess the effectiveness of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act in curbing female foeticide. This push comes after the IMA faced backlash for advocating the blanket legalisation of sex determination
Introduced in 1994 the law aims to curb sex-selective abortions. "We believe this law failed us. It didn't make a significant difference in 30 years," said IMA President Dr
A 2018 Lancet study estimated that 200,000 women are “missing” annually due to sex-selective abortions in India.
We simply want a dialogue to begin instead of assuming that this law is the only solution. One alternative could be tagging pregnancies for regular antenatal care and tracking the health of the child in the initial
Dr Sabu George a prominent activist against female foeticide disagreed. "In regions where the PCPNDT Act was implemented effectively,female foeticide rates dropped. The law serves as a deterrent for medical professionals discouraging unethical practices.
Dr George went further calling the IMA's stance "anti-women".
In states like Maharashtra Haryana and Punjab conditions were dramatically worse and improvements were made but the problem persists. Now we are seeing an uptick in cases in regions where the Act was less rigorously enforced such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala
Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles
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The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is calling for research to assess the effectiveness of the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act in curbing female foeticide. This push comes aft
