22 Oct 2024 • Dr. RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), has advocated for the legalization of prenatal gender determination tests, citing the ineffectiveness of the current ban in improving India’s gender ratio over the past 30 years.

He suggested that legalizing these tests could better protect unborn girls by ensuring their safe & full-term delivery and holding individuals accountable for any harm.

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. Despite this, Dr. 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)."

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