Indian Medical Association’s call to relax pregnancy scan data angers campaigners

The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's largest body of private doctors, has urged the government to amend the country's 23 year old law that prohibits prenatal fetal sex determination, angering many doctors and women's rights activists. Doctors and activists campaigning a...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2017-06, Vol.357, p.j2839-j2839
Main Author: Dutta, Sumi S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Fetuses
Pregnancy
Sex determination
Sex ratio
Sexes
Ultrasonic imaging
Violations
Violence
Womens health
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Summary:The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's largest body of private doctors, has urged the government to amend the country's 23 year old law that prohibits prenatal fetal sex determination, angering many doctors and women's rights activists. Doctors and activists campaigning against female feticide highlight figures showing that the sex ratio at birth in India has continued to decline-falling from 909 to 900 girls for every 1000 boys born, between surveys conducted in 2011 and...
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.j2839