It sounds paradoxical that the tool most used to commit female foeticide could actually stop the appalling, shameful and barbaric practice of murdering female children before they are born. But it now turns out that the government is actually thinking of making prenatal tests to determine the gender of the foetus mandatory. This could be a new government initiative in addition to others such as Beti Padhao Beti Bachao programs that work towards saving and empowering the girl child in India.The Ban on Prenatal Sex Determination has not worked.
The law that forbids prenatal sex determination appears not to have worked. The Pre-conception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 has been in place for over two decades and India’s male-female ratio continues to be dismal: 943 females per 1000 males with Haryana being the worst offender with 889 girls per…
