'Demanding sex detection': IMA President advocates for legalising prenatal gender tests
Indian Medical Association (IMA), has voiced strong support for the legalisation of prenatal gender determination tests.
Dr Asokan said on Sunday that the existing prohibition has not significantly improved India's gender ratio over the past three decades.
Since the enactment of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act in 1994, prenatal gender determination and sex-selective abortions have been illegal in India. This legislation was intended to combat female foeticide and enhance the sex ratio in the country.
Despite this, Asokan expressed skepticism about the law's efficacy. «After 30 years, what has this law produced? Has it reversed the sex ratio? Not a significant impact. In some places, there may have been (an impact),» he remarked during the golden jubilee celebrations of IMA's Ponda branch in Goa.
Census data indicates a gradual improvement in India’s sex ratio, which increased from 927 females for every 1,000 males in 1991 to 943 females per 1,000 males in 2011.
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